Dead Dogs at the Kings Table

Tomorrow I’m preaching a sermon entitled “Dead Dogs at the Kings Table”. Its a retelling of the story found in 2nd Samuel 9. Mephibosheth is a cripple and he is taken in by King David. David shows him kindness for Jonathan’s sake. It’s one of the greatest but least known in the Bible. I love [...]

Is this the start of Something?

This is really exiting. Is the massive support of the Jena six the start of something new and special. Hip Hop CD sales are plummeting I’ve heard.  Could it be that black young people are awakening to a new consciousness? Could it be that that a new chapter in the liberation of black people has [...]

Life is Difficult, but…

I said something in church a few weeks ago that got a strong reaction from my church members. I simply said that I realize that everyone is going through some challenge in their life. It sound trite I know but years ago it seemed as if it was a person here or there. Now it [...]

Beware of “politricks” in the Church

I love the word politricks. It not a real word as far as I know. I first heard my brother-in-law use it. Its the kind of word that makes me laugh every time I use it. There are politricians in the church. The have deluded themselves into thinking that their pursuit of power and control [...]

Grittier Hip-Hop?

“America only gets to see a fraction of what true hip-hop represents,” he said. “We want to offer a grittier, more real representation.”
So says Atonn Muhammad, president and CEO of SSM Media Group who is launching a new Hip Hop channel this year.
They tell me that the Game has just been charged making a criminal [...]

Golf and Prayer

 
A young man and a priest are playing golf together. At a short par 3 the priest asks, “What are you going to use on this hole, my son?”
The young man says, “An 8-iron, father. How about you?”
The priest says, “I’m going to hit a soft seven and pray.”
The young man hits his 8-iron [...]

Memorial Day

Last night we watched a very moving account of how the war in Iraq has affected the soldiers and their families. Fathers, sons and brothers is a documentary by Sixty Minutes that has chronicled the deployment of a National Guard unit in Iraq for two years. If you want to see the gritty reality [...]

Whatever you think of the war in Iraq, this is moving!

Marine Corporal Jason Dunham is the first soldier in the Iraq War to receive, posthumously, the Medal of Honor. In fact, he is the first to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam war. He died 8 days after being critically wounded during an encounter with Iraqi insurgents. Here’s the story;
His patrol [...]

Difficult Decisions

I realized a couple of days ago that the problem with difficult decisions is not so much the decision itself (Its very often clear what is the right thing to do.) The difficulty comes when we consider consequences of the decision. The effect that your decision will have, presents the difficulty.