Prayer at the Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence
"How do we ask of you to restore our nation, and other nations of the earth, and the earth itself with all its inhabitants, when we already know the way to our healing, when the issues that plague us are well within our power to...
A Life To Be Proud Of
June is traditionally the LGBTQ+ Pride month, and people from all walks of life will join the LGBTQ+ communities in promoting visibility and celebrating awareness.
Our Collective Legacy
The American story is wrought with valiant and heart-wrenching narratives of those who have given their lives for the cause of liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the promise of the American dream. Their legacies are uniquely linked to our own personal...
The Drum Major Ideology
With the current socio-political climate, one might wonder if there is any hope for a truly united nation. Let's explore ways forward as a community.
The Good Samaritan & Emotional Intelligence
Most people understand basic intelligence, which is an ability to learn, apply knowledge, and solve problems. But in our world today, there is a need for a different type of intelligence: emotional intelligence.
Water My Eyes
Water my eyes, oh Lord, hear my solemn cry / For a broken and contrite heart you will not despise. / Spirit, uncover my complex and immature disguise / That my often-troubled mind would then be made wise.
Black Summer
When we look back on year 2020, we may recall it as the year when it all changed. The year of the pandemic; a financial crisis; and the summer of racial reckoning and protests that amplified and centered Black voices in their cry against injustice.
Mother Blues
She sings of black eyes, broken bones, bruised lips, swollen cheeks, stiff backs, and crippled fingers... She sings of stolen identities, erased histories, sold virginities, of a disappeared child’s cry, and of fake smiles, telling lily-white lies.
Hope for Humanity
I feel as though the crisis we are facing has been revealing our true nature to ourselves. And what it’s revealing is that we need one another.
What We Lost and What Still Remains
I have come to the conclusion that collectively, we, our nation, and all of earth are experiencing a type of global grief.