Reflections

The 5 C’s to a Great Relationship


Relationships are constantly undergoing changes and shifts, and rarely do we find people who stay together for more than 15 years anymore. We recall our parents and grandparents spending 50 and 60 years, often their lifetimes, together. They all had mastered certain keys that enabled them not only to endure but to...

Commentary

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.

Commentary

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.

Poems, Prayers, & Proclamations

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.

Poems, Prayers, & Proclamations

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.

Reflections

Hope Is A Thing With Feathers


There is something deeply spiritual about hope. Hope provides the power to motivate us and to move us in the direction of our dreams, our visions, and our values.

Poems, Prayers, & Proclamations

Musing on the Gift of Music


When she plays, something metaphysical happens in my body. I enter other planes of existence, enjoying new realities around me. I’m hypnotized. I become the Manchurian candidate, responding to that one–single note which transforms me...

Poems, Prayers, & Proclamations

It Is… Because I Am!


I know the universe is alive because I live. I know the universe is kind because I smile at the stranger.

Reflections

On Faith, Hope, and Trust


Trust affirms what is present, respects what is past, and has no hold on what is to come but knows that the possibilities are endless.