For the great majority of black folks, “woke” has zero to do with the alphabet mafia, feminism or anything other than black community issues and history. The word “woke” was originally used to exclusively refer to “an awareness and understanding of the […]
Just a quickie. The usual argument is “pro-lifers are really only pro-birth. they don’t care about children once they get here.” I’m sure you’ve heard this parroted repeatedly. It’s a lie. Repeating a lie over and over again still doesn’t make it […]
Those who know me know that my life has several different streams to it – I’m a band director, choir director, DJ, emcee, graffiti artist, been a dancer, been in marching band, member of a black greek fraternity, Christian apologist, small-time conference […]
City of Shame because ANY church set up as a business is doomed to fail. Apparently, 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 is not in their bibles. Background: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/jericho-city-of-praise-leaders-file-dueling-lawsuits-over-control-of-md-megachurch/2011/07/07/gIQAQtt65H_story.html And the ruling handed down a day or two ago by a judge: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/court-rules-against-jericho-city-of-praise-pastor-in-fight-for-control-of-ministry/2011/10/24/gIQA3piqDM_story.html Several observations […]
There’s been jokes about the brevity of Hollywood marriages for years now. Britney Spears and her 55-hour marriage to Jason Alexander a few years ago still strikes me as incredulous and nothing more than a publicity stunt. It got press, but not […]
Ah. Yes. This. Those of you who’ve followed here for a long time know that a few years back, one of my exes was an SGM (Sovereign Grace Ministries) church member (she left there while we were dating). There were stories she […]
I had no  idea Christopher Hitchens’ had a younger brother and his brother is a Christian. Haven’t delved that far into his brother’s faith yet, but ran across (courtesy of a friend’s Facebook status): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/7535715/Can-faith-bring-back-the-Prodigal-Brother.html So Peter Hitchens travels through militant atheist […]