Archive for July, 2008
Dancing on a Train
A BLACK STEAM ENGINE
I can’t help but feel like we’re dancing on a moving train.
Last week there was a lot of talk in Washington, DC about race and reconciliation. It was part of the Race and Reconciliation in America conference hosted by Bill and Janet Cohen. Bill Cohen, former Secretary of Defense, and his wife [...]
The Obama Effect
Just ran across this YouTube video
Bronx students discuss Obama’s race speech
It’s not unusual to find kids talking about politics these days. Blame that on Obama. These inner city kids talk about politics and it’s refreshing.
They also talk about race and express hope for the future. I think that’s a good thing too. Talking, that is, [...]
Dropping Names
Bishop Eddie Long
Deanne Gist
Dr. Gary Chapman
Sharon Ewell Foster
Claudia Mair Burney
James Scott Bell
Jeremy Camp
Jerry B. Jenkins
My oh my, I’ve met quite a few Christian celebrities this week. The list could go on and on. People that you know (especially if you’re a Christian writer or artist).
You buy their books. You buy their CDs. You know them. [...]
Shout
Posted from Orlando, FL. “Magic KingdomLand”
It’s funny how God finds you even when you run away. My kids like to play hiding games, especially the two younger ones. It never fails; they go ‘hide’ and then they instantly yell for you to come find them. Having you find them if all the fun.
For the past [...]
And the Jordan Award Goes to …
… Dr. John M. Perkins, founder of Christian Community Development Association, CCDA. Dr. Perkins has been extremely instrumental in my reconciler’s journey. I first met him in the mid 90s during a series of intimate racial reconciliation gatherings organized by Reggie Edwards of Building Together Ministries (Raleigh, NC, USA).
Dr. Perkins struck me as a powerful [...]
Kudos for Reconciliation Blues
Here I am in the middle of summer, prime reading season for me, usually. Truth is I’m swamped with too little time and so much to read. Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside View of White Christianity by Ed Gilbreath is on my stack. Near the top in fact. Not sure when I’ll get [...]
Goodbye, Senator No
This is an unapologetic goodbye to a man who some deemed to be an unapologetic racist.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
I first met Senator Helms (aka Senator No) in 1983. I was a high schooler at a camp that taught NC kids about agricultural cooperatives. It was there that my ideas about agriculture in the South. [...]
Going to the Show
This year I’ll be attending the International Christian Retail Show for the first time. I’ll be promoting both my novels. I’m scheduled to do two book signings for The Making of Isaac Hunt and talking up Loving Cee Cee Johnson, which comes out in September.
There’s be lots of folks associated with the CBA and a [...]
Happy Freedom Day
In celebration of the Fourth of July (in the US), I’d like to bring up a topic that’s crippled many Americans in hate and fear for many generations: SLAVERY REPARATIONS.
The following is from a piece I wrote in 2001:
NO THANKS?
Of all the games I played as a child, I despised London Bridge the most. The [...]
