“We’re Better Than That!”

Don’t mistake this writing as an indictment of one person, but more of an open assessment of America. Those old ghosts of the past hidden under white hoods had found new homes under the rooftops of exurban homes, the cornfields of rural America, churches clothed in Norman Rockwell’s America, and in the xenophobic fear of “the others.”

Why

Why is the sky blue? Why does snow melt? Why do people die? Why is that man sleeping on the street? Why can’t I have ice cream? Why do I have to go to bed? -Lois Holzman, Ph.D. Our Children ask us these endless questions that we more times than not, have no absolute answers to. In … Continue reading

While Asleep

One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. Mathew 13:25 Good News Translation (GNT) While asleep, have our voices become silent to the cries of the Disenfranchised. Are we too mesmerized by the voices of hyperbole? Do we understand the real realities of Americans who … Continue reading

Identity Thief

On an average winter day, or so it may seem. A baby in an airliner of an average fight, or so it may the seem, is not afforded the freedom make a fuss, as toddlers often do. Two year old  Jonah Bennett was struck across the face and defamed by a racial slur by Joe … 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