“We are One”

  God overlooked the times when people didn’t know any better. But now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act. Acts 17:30 Names of God Bible (NOG) “We are One“ in the sense of our value to our creator and to one another. Any person or group … Continue reading

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Is There Not A Cause? Part1

“If we are not vigilant; politics, ideologies and philosophies become our idols of worship.  This becomes the perfect place to slip into racism and do it under the cover of Just plain Politics. The saying that “all is fair in Love and Politics” becomes true to the detriment of race relations. Love can never be compared to political Ideology.” … Continue reading

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine, Everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine, Folk’s get down in the sunshine, sunshine Folk’s get brown in the sunshine   Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers album released 1976 With the approach of summer, the days get longer and brighter. In the northern hemisphere at summers arrival, we notice that  humankind … Continue reading

Won’t you be My Neighbor?

“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?”“The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, “Go and do the same Luke 10:25-37 The Message (MSG) The Jews typically interpreted “neighbor,” meaning “one who is near,” in terms of members of the same … Continue reading

Chemistry to Synergy: Humans

“Here’s my answer: Who are you, a mere human, to argue with God? If God takes the time to shape us from the dust, is it right to point a finger at Him and ask, “Why have You made me this way?”  Romans 9:20 The Voice (VOICE) The pressures associated with racial identification confuses the … Continue reading

Chemistry to Synergy part 2

Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and short-lived folly. Ecclesiastes 10:1 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) The Perfume maker’s admixture with the associated potential of hope, healing, reconciliation and synergy is at risk of being  supplanted by the folly of returning to the same patterns of … Continue reading

“Don’t Curse the Darkness, Light a Candle”

“‘We have seen so many ancient tyrannies pass from earth since Egypt and Rome held dominion that our eyes are directed not to the tragic present, but to the beyond, wherein the arc of history will be found bending toward justice, victory and freedom.” Rabbi Jacob Kohn 1940 B.j. Thomas sang a song entitled “Another … Continue reading

Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Orinionally posted by accord1 on September 16, 2011 I was speaking to a woman the other day, whom was a beautiful senior with great wit and sensitivity which seemed to cloak the tinged despair in her voice.  She, by the occasion of her age, had been raised in a different era and apparently had a dissimilar … Continue reading

Perception: The Lens on our World Part II

God loves us and will continue to love us eternally. That doesn’t remove the fact that He will hold us accountable for our actions. Yet, we must allow His unconditional Love to move us to view each other and handle our interactions with one another with that same unconditional love. This Love is, for no other reason … Continue reading

Strike a Balance

There is a truth that emanates from our creator, which cannot be reconfigured to fit into our pretty little Norman Rockwell image of reality. Nor can this truth be repackaged and exploited in divisive carnal ideologies of; left vs. right, rich vs. poor, black vs. white, etc.  This philosophy is being rejected whole heartily by a world that is deeply seeking … Continue reading