Community Sentinel Blog
News about the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash is heart wrenching and profoundly sad. As previously stated, the writer is not a NBA or NFL proponent, but I admire any black person gainfully extracting from any part of Americana. The lost of his daughter adds to a deeper sense of lost. Finding the words to express such a lost is futile. …
January 24, 2020 PM GOP Senators Face Threat: ‘Vote Against the President and Your Head Will Be on a Pike’ That sentiment was echoed by the White House’s director of legislative affairs, who told reporters, “I can’t wait for the revenge” How absolutely PATHETIC that grown-ass men and women who serve in the United States Senate are so pee-dripping scared …
January 14, 2019 Bishop Ervin Sims Jr: A Kansas based community leader, spiritual counselor, and businessman was recently laid to rest today in Kansas City, Kansas. The characteristic of a good leader embellish several qualities which Sims possessed, nurtured, and grew. I witnessed his obvious vision and his practice of intricate planning and execution. With all sizable visions come the …
Coming soon is a series of 104 Plus things I need to understand. These series of questions seeking understanding along with the accompanying narratives are substantive. Real life issues pertaining to politics, religion, economics, male/female relationships, historical Afrocentric perspectives, and other realities are begging for constructive, honest analysis. Some individuals may feel the questions posed as empirical, but that is …
January 11, 2020PM CDT Black female DA’s are speaking out on the Lamar Johnson case, because he didn’t commit the crime. Two other felons have admitted to the crime Lamar has always pleading his innocence. There is an evident last gasp effort to maintain white dominance. The judiciary, the executive branch, and the legislative branches are in sync systemically. Your …
January 10, 2020 PM CDT Evangelicals are being raked over the theological coals by the anti-Trump Republican group; The Lincoln Project. The MAGA Church is metaphoric, but describes the cultist devotion bestowed upon Trump. The well documented supporter profile of the present oval office regime will drink the kool-aid even with dead canaries laying everywhere. If Jesus returned today standing …
Refusing to be boxed up in my music, this Ricky Dillard “I’ve Got the Victory” is a spirit filled declaration put to song. The uplifting, upbeat theme of this piece is spiritually dynamic and inspiring. Life has a way of beating you down to such seemingly low ebbs that you can’t subpoena a smile. Thank God for this song exhorting …
January 9, 2020 PM Late last year Trump and Zuckerburg had a private White House lunch. The resulting conversation has yet to be divulged and seems to be cloaked in secrecy. Now just days after this supposed impromptu lunch Facebook and its upper-management have a divergent narrative as opposed to the replies and promises made to congress earlier. In a …
Dr. Joy DeGruy’s Groundbreaking Work on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome For years, I have followed the work of Dr. Joy DeGruy, a scholar who is deeply studied and apologetically committed to the Black experience. Her research sheds light on the lived reality of Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), a concept that resonates with many African Americans who experience its lingering effects daily. …
Please excuse me as I drift into a little creative trolling. Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus, Going on before. With that exercise in artful rhetoric, the greatest moral failing of the liberal Christian church was its refusal, justified in the name of tolerance and dialogue, to denounce the followers of the Christian right …
