Are We Becoming Our Parents?
I have considered and contended with a thought that has given me some mixed emotions ever since my wife told me that I was more like my father than any of my brothers.
I have considered and contended with a thought that has given me some mixed emotions ever since my wife told me that I was more like my father than any of my brothers.
On May 14, 2018, the United States of America officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the Nation of Israel by opening up its Embassy there.
Every now and then, I come across a story that is very moving and worthy of sharing with others. Such is the case that you are about to read in my column today.
There have been only a few things that have happened in our locale that have captured my attention and have disturbed me as much as the recent violence and slayings of youth killing youth.
When the idea to write this article came to me, I immediately began to consider some of the negative feedback that I may receive from various people, especially the ones to whom I am close.
From a biblical perspective, there are two events in the annals of human history that have priority over all others. Both of them involve Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Savior of the World and Founder of Christianity. These events were His birth and Resurrection.
I was recently invited to be the keynote speaker at an event that was organized to highlight the work and achievement of a non-profit organization that deals in sports.
I do not know exactly what it was that caused me to initially forget to dedicate my column today to the memory, legacy, and many contributions that Dr. Billy Graham bequeathed our nation and the world; however, I quickly came to myself and replaced the subject that I was going to consider with an endeavor to honor America’s foremost preacher of our times.
In this final installment of our four part series (that features the adventures of Mitchell and Michelle who have traveled back in time due to the magical and mysterious powers of Aunt Daisy’s Dramatic Dream Bed), they have experienced a quantum leap into the future. The year is 1956 and the place is Montgomery, Alabama. Something is about to happen that will become the catalyst for a movement that will change America.
0 PART THREE When Mitchell and Michelle finally arrived to the plantation in North Carolina, along with all the other Africans who had been purchased in Charleston at the slave…