We are Commanded to Speak Against Injustice

03.26.2023 __“Listen!” we are commanded. “I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the Continue reading →

Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are

01.02.2022 __ “History,” Maya Angelou wrote, “despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage need not Continue reading →

Light Must Always Triumph Over Darkness

12.26.2021 __“Each morning comes along and you assume it will be similar enough to the previous one – that you Continue reading →

Memorial Day: Kneel in Worship, Kneel in Tribute

05.27.2018 ________________________________________  in March, 2018, Stephon Clark was murdered in the yard of his grandmother’s house in Sacramento CA. Police Continue reading →

Marsy’s Law Favors Privilege, Not Justice

04.28.2018 ________________________________________ In November 2017, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a Mexican national who had been deported five times and freed Continue reading →

The values for which they sacrificed

05.29.2016 ________________________________________ We celebrate Memorial Day to honor those who have died defending America; since the Revolutionary War it’s estimated Continue reading →

Forgiveness Takes Precedence Over Wrath

03.16.2014 _____________________ In an early battle in defense of Islam’s still-struggling first community in Medina, the prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali Continue reading →