Basketball was my main sport in my early years. I dreamed of a professional NBA career until my college years. When that dream could not be realized, I channeled my passion for the game into coaching kids and running an inner-city Christian summer basketball camp. In the game of basketball, timeouts are a brief suspension […]
Daddy can you read me a story? These are the words a small child might say to a parent when a thunderstorm is happening outside his or her bedroom window. If you and I look out of the window of the world today, we will see and feel the storm called COVID-19 and the havoc,
Don’t you grieve daily from the stories of the plight, poverty, and pain of people in America’s inner cities? These communities are in critical times. The problems did not just happen overnight. They are a result of many factors over many decades. The #1 reason is roots of racial sin and neglect. This sin of
On a recent international missions trip to a country closed to the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Lord corrected me with this revelation… “When the “White church” is healed of her INDIFFERENCE to the “Black church” and her issues; and when the “Black church” is healed of her IGNORANCE to global missions, then the entire world
Fred Rogers produced and starred in Mister Rogers Neighborhood on public television for 33 years. He was noted for being a kind and friendly neighbor. Rodgers was an ordained Presbyterian minister and used the television show to advocate and address various social issues, including divorce, political assassinations, children with disabilities and racism. This month marks
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If a football team is unified, it does not mean that everyone is playing the same position. It does , however, mean that everybody is going to the same goal line. If an orchestra is harmonious, it’s not because they are all playing the same instrument; it’s because they are all playing the same song.
In Leviticus 6:13, God commanded Moses and Aaron, the high priest, “The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.” God wants there to always be a pleasing sacrifice in His presence. In order for this to happen, there must be a sacrifice and we must have the fire of God.
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Tradition is “the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.” They can be fun and good things; especially when enjoyed around holidays and special events. But when tradition becomes doctrine believed to have divine authority over the scripture even though it is not in the scriptures… Houston, we have a problem!!! Every church
Have you ever heard the statement, “there is a church on every corner”? I have. And I have also observed in the spaces where this is true, that these are economically impoverished neighborhoods. I believe that when we have more business on the block than churches we will begin to see community transformation, especially when
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The zip code you live in or the place where you were born could determine the outcomes in your life. 53206 is the Zip Code that I grew up in. 53206 has the highest rate of incarceration for African American men in America (up to 62%). It is a community in Milwaukee, WI; and Milwaukee is the headquarters for
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