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"That's Wrong"
I am very sure that today's title may have been your initial reaction when you first saw last week’s 19+2=22 blog. You may have wondered...


19+2=22
Like many of you, I couldn’t believe the news coming out of Texas. Another school shooting! Another day! Different city! What is going...


32 Years
Roberta Drury had a big heart - which is that one thing that should move each one of us. Roberta had visited her brother, who had a bone...


Broken Stem
This past Sunday, we had our wonderful Mother’s Day celebration. Unfortunately, many of our parishioners - mothers, especially - couldn’t...


Changes at Christ Church
The past couple of years has been very hard on everyone. It has been very unsettling for many of us - not counting the numerous...


Menu Folder
Restaurants have changed a lot these days. It used to be that when you visit a restaurant, you will be given a seat or you seat yourself,...


The Slap
It was a strange, bizarre and uncharitable moment. What occasioned this moment was a joke about Jada Smith by comedian Chris Rock. Jada...


Makeup
I have a friend who seldom wears makeup. She likes to keep her face as natural as possible. But whenever she does wear makeup, she looks...


Phoenix
Ancient Greek mythology is replete with stories about the Phoenix, an immortal bird that is born again and again. The story of the...


Fix Me
I shared with you last week that I was in Atlanta for a conference. It was a very good conference, and I enjoyed the blessing of meeting...


Lent at Christ Episcopal Church
Lent is a season of transformation and self-examination, when we ask God for forgiveness and repentance while creating space to talk...


Ad Fontes
This week I am in Atlanta for a conference. Atlanta is, to me, the ideal place filled with nostalgia. It reminds me of all the wonderful...


Uneasy Deception
In the Book of Genesis, we get a glimpse of how God created not only the world but also Adam and Eve. From the dust of the ground, God...


A Slave
One of the profound statements that I love in all the gospels is If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed -...


The Other Side Of Life
As many of you know, I grew up not too far from a Slave Fort in my native Ghana. The fort was such an imposing structure and was one of...


Glass House and Stones
February ushers us into Black History Month, a period where we celebrate the African American and the African American experience. It is,...


Reject Racism
A few months back, I joined with some of our parishioners to hang a Reject Racism banner on our campus. We hung the banner by the...


Millipede
When I was a teenager, my mum used to have my brother and I attend a church with the name Aladura - Church of the Lord. It was founded by...


Start Right
I am sure many of you have heard this aphorism: “It doesn’t matter how you start, what matters is how you finish.” There are different...


Living In A Zoo
I don’t remember the first time I went to the zoo but I certainly do remember the last time I went. It was in Philadelphia, and that zoo...
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