Category: Barack Obama
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On Blacking In America – v. To offend others by existing
The message written below is a response I wrote to someone with whom I was engaged in a dialogue after we both read the same blog post where pastor, John Pavlovitz, made distinctions between white Christians who say they were “embarrassed” by President Obama, those who simply disagreed with him, and those who basically are conscious…
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The Choice for Choice
The other day I came across an email from 2008 that I sent to a group of friends at the dawn of the election of President Obama. On the surface, this might seem like a political email, but from my perspective, it is an appeal to people to seek consciousness in the choices we are…
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Sorry To Disappoint You
Why are you looking at me? I woke up this morning thinking about how difficult it is to live up to people’s expectations. It was sparked by all this talk about Tiger Woods cheating on his wife and President Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize right after signing off on sending 30,000 troops to war. I…
The Roofless Church 