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Arise At Five

Posted in Blogroll, advocacy, blogs, change, family, fatherhood, leadership, life, prayer on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Every time I mention to someone that I wake up at either 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. the first question they ask me is “Why?”. Why would anyone who doesn’t HAVE to wake up that early do so? Apparently it’s OK for people who must be at work that early, but why punish yourself?
I’m not naturally [...]

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Celebrity and Humanity

Posted in authentically black, family, fatherhood, grace, life, race relations, ranting, speech acts on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

For some reason, I feel compelled to write a few words about celebrity and humanity with Michael Jackson’s memorial hanging as the backdrop. It should be said at the outset that I have always been a Michael Jackson fan, though a conflicted one.
If MJ were still alive and had a CD coming out next week, [...]

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Living The Uncertainty

Posted in Malia, doubt, family, fatherhood, life, theology on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I ended the sermon this past Sunday speaking authoritatively about the Jesus being “Outside the Tomb.” It was what Fred Craddock would describe as a “sermon of orientation.” It was firm in conviction, unambiguous, and strongly worded: “The tomb is empty!” Just what we need on Easter morning.
I said all these things knowing that this [...]

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Happy Father’s Day

Posted in family, fatherhood, home, kids, life on June 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Today is Father’s Day. As I was playing with my daughters earlier I realized that they are what makes me a father, and they are the reason I want to be a good father. Chris Rock once said that father’s of daughters have one job: “to keep their daughters off the pole.” Obviously there is [...]

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Something Special

Posted in Katharine, Malia, Obama, advocacy, authentically black, family, fatherhood on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I try to make a point of not talking politics in public — either at my church or on this blog. However, I am reluctantly making an exception today. Today I want to use this space to share something that I jotted down last night as I was sitting in my LA-Z-BOY watching television. [...]

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Felt Board Basics

Posted in church, family, fatherhood, kids, preaching, theology on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This Sunday I’m beginning a sermon series entitled, Felt Board Basics: Rediscovering the Tales Told to Jesus. The impetus for the series comes from reading Old Testament Bible stories to my two young daughters, Malia and Katharine. Indeed, these are the same stories that shaped a young boy named Jesus who couldn’t get enough of [...]

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