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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
We ask the LORD for our daily bread and we cannot eat for there is no room inside. As we are saturated, soaked and sated by silt, sediments carried by those who dwell outside the covenant community in secular, social and libertine streams of life. We sit in the seat of sedition, walk in the Continue reading
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Let Go Of The One You love
A friend of mine asked if I could write a thought to read at her mom’s wedding, because she didn’t want to grab some generic off-the-shelf poetry for the occasion. As her mom is getting remarried and she’s having ambivalent feelings about letting go of the one she loves. “Let Go Of The One You Continue reading
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Can Anything Good Come Out Of Roxbury?
This thought was instigated while attending the homegoing celebration service of the Reverend Dr. Michael E. Haynes at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, MA on Saturday, September 21, 2019. “Can Anything Good Come Out Of Nazareth And Can Anything Good Come Out Of Roxbury?” Today, I was privileged and honored to witness in awe and Continue reading
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The Familiar Sin That So Easily Distract Us
It’s amazing how we react to the familiar sin that so easily detains, distracts and ultimately derails us when it’s fully matured and, in some cases, leads to death on certain fronts in our lives. Admittedly, it looks good, smells good, is arousing and very desirous, rich in taste and comfort, goes down smooth and Continue reading
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We Are More Than Pictures In A Picture Frame
During this season, let us reach out, rekindle and revive our relationship with family outside the picture frames of the past. “We Are More Than Pictures In A Picture Frame“ Remember when family shelves littered with nuggets of nostalgic moments, speaking a thousand words in various shapes, sizes and colors, capture cinematic suspended snapshot slideshow Continue reading
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Today, Glory Came Down
This thought is in memory of my mom who journeyed the last 6 years of her life while experiencing the debilitating effects of vascular dementia. She was laid to eternal rest on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in the presence of family, friends, loved ones and Almighty God. “Today, Glory Came Down” Today, Glory came down Continue reading
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We Are More Than This
While we as humans continue to live in this world, there will always exist a great need to improve race relations in the world at large. Let us be vigilant in our efforts to collaborate, cooperate and exercise and employ the legal process to legislate change at the local, state and federal government. Conversely, in Continue reading
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Sent One
Today, we bid our Pastor, Reverend John C. Ames farewell from our household of faith at Emmanuel Baptist Church. As God has called him to support church planting and church strengthening in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa’s mission field with Converge Worldwide ministries. Over the past 15 years, we have been truly blessed by him Continue reading
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The Hereditary Dividing Walls of Hate and Hostility Must Come Down
Honestly, I have been struggling with President Donald J. Trump’s reference to our people group as “Sons of dogs” several weeks ago. They say, sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. Well, the name calling hurt me deeply and prompted my thoughts written below. “The hereditary dividing walls of Continue reading
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Hidden Beneath This Ebony Soul
A tribute to my beautiful Sister-in-law’s 60th Birthday Celebration last night. From my heart with love. “Do not persuade me to leave you or go back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be Continue reading
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