June 5, 2025, One Sound!
June 5, 2025, One Sound! “Indeed it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the…
May 29, 2025 Stand Upon Thy Feet! (When Life be Lifting)
Stand Upon Thy Feet! (When Life be Lifting) “And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak to thee” (Ezekiel 2:1 KJV).Stand Upon…
May 22, 2025 Burn, Bubble, Boil!
May 22, 2025 Burn, Bubble, Boil! I had heard of pre-diabetes, but pre-cancer? It was a new one for me this morning when my hematologist told me that I have a pre-cancerous condition…
May 15, 2025 I Don’t Want to Hear it!
May 15, 2025 I Don't Want to Hear it! A poem by Alton E. Sumner My dad preached to us every day. Well, maybe “preached” is an exaggeration. He counseled,…
May 8, 2025 “Necessary Pressure”
May 8, 2025 "Necessary Pressure" We pass by or casually greet people as we go about our daily routines, in church, in the grocery store, etc., without ever knowing the…
May 1, 2025 Bold Souls Cry Out!
May 1, 2025 Bold Souls Cry Out! Trying times are crying times. But how do you cry?“In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold…
April 24, 2025 An Odd but Memorable Request! And a Right Request!
April 24, 2025 An Odd but Memorable Request! And a Right Request! “Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips” (Psalm 141:3…
April 17, 2025 The Way of the Wise
April 17, 2025 The Way of the Wise My Uncle William Howard could easily have passed for white if he had chosen to avoid some of the blatant cruel, disrespectful treatment…
April 10, 2025 the Good Shepherd or The Stranger
April 10, 2025 The Good Shepherd or the Stranger “I’m going to install… a shepherd in this land—a shepherd indifferent to victims, who ignores the lost, abandons the injured, and…
April 3, 2025 What Was Suppose to Kill Me Has Made Me Stronger!
April 3, 2025 What Was Suppose to Kill Me Has Made Me Stronger! “But thanks be to God who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads…