Why I love Pope Francis, even though I’m not Catholic
NOTE: The following was originally published in The Tri-State Defender, where I spent many years as a journalist and award-winning columnist. For context, Pope Francis…
Category: Beyond The News
Prayer Focus: Terror in Israel, Tension in Ukraine
Praying for the people of Ukraine, as tensions rise and the path to peace remains uncertain. We pray for Israel, where violence and fear continue…
Prayer Focus: Kentucky Floods, Pope Francis and a modern Jonah
Praying for the people of Kentucky, facing devastating floods and loss. We pray for Pope Francis, that God restores his health and strength. We also…
Prayer Focus: Typhoon Yagi’s wake of destruction
Pray for communities in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, one of Asia's most powerful storms this year.
Prayer Focus: Apalachee High School Shooting
Praying for the survivors, families and entire community of the Apalachee High School in Winder, GA after the latest school shooting to afflict our culture.…
ONE RACE: DNA says humans are 99.9 percent the same
"The genetic changes responsible for our varying shades of color are miniscule. Just a handful of mutations out of the 3 billion letters that make up …
Ramadan Kareem!
While I'm sure that some will take this as a sure sign that Obama is secretly a Muslim himself -- although he has REPEATEDLY identified himself as a C…
Preaching Prosperity? Or Pimping the Pulpit?
Today, I read this interesting post by Sarah Gilbert about so-called "prosperity gospel" over on Walletpop.com: God says: You're not rich (yet). Check…
Your World Is Calling . . .
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist and author. I had never heard of his work before reading this commencement address he gave in Oregon…
Jewish Rabbis and Muslim Imams Sit Down To Talk
If you read "A Message From God," you'll come to understand that I flat out refuse to believe that God only spoke to one group of people and everybody…