Yesterday while taking a walk, I kept hearing these words: Blessed are the peacemakers. Blessed are the peacemakers. When I was finally able to google this phrase, I was reminded that it appears in the Bible. It is the seventh verse of the Sermon on the Mount, and also seventh of what are known as…
What if this Coronavirus experience is a wake-up call for us all to awaken from our individual and collective dreams of separation into a happy dream of forgiveness? What if just like when we sleep and we dream, now we are all having a waking dream of collective panic, pain, and suffering together? I am…
As I sit and write this blog today, I am at a loss of what to say. It all still feels very surreal to me. The closed schools. Empty parking lots. The Wegman stores and other grocery shops with empty shelves. NYC closing down all their restaurants and bars. Countries such as Spain, Italy, and…
Exactly a year ago, in a quiet online Zoom ceremony officiated by my dear friend, mighty companion, and mentor, Jackie Simpson, and witnessed by my family and a few close friends, I became a Commissioned Minister with Living Church Ministries. Here is a song that my friend Sean Michael composed and sang at the ceremony…
Are you familiar with the divide and conquer or divide and rule philosophy? For example, this approach can show up in military regimes that are able to seize power in a country by fostering dispute and disagreement between different factions of the society. It can happen when a country invades another by first weakening solidarity…