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A Seat on My Chair
It wasn’t your usual classroom, but each kid in the class had his or her own chair. There were none left to spare. Of the...
Tomorrow is My Birthday
Tomorrow is my birthday. This is my first birthday where I am so far away from my current home. But then also, I am home with family and...
Twins
One of the incredible rivalries between siblings that the Bible recounts is the one between Jacob and Esau: Two nations are in your womb,...
Cicadas
A 17-year phenomenon. This year is my first experience with cicadas. I don’t remember hearing about them seventeen years ago, when I was...
Congratulations!
Graduation last year was a near-total disappointment and a painful experience for many families. We like to make each milestone a little...
This Is The Real Juice
They once lived at the shelter. They had nowhere to sleep and to live, and so the shelter became their sanctuary until they finally found...
Couldn't Hear The Music
“All those who were caught dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn’t hear the music,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche, a German...
Fireman
Many years ago while I served at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, S.C., I signed up to serve as a volunteer fireman. I do not remember...
Sound Of Silence
Last year by this time we had been asked to quarantine. I had just returned from a trip to Ghana with two of my children. Everything was...
Talk To Me
Denzel Washington tells a story about being on the verge of flunking out of Fordham University. His GPA was 1.75. He remembers so vividly...
Weave
A story has been told of a man who watched how a spider built its web. With deep and focused observation, this man was able to replicate...
Tomorrow Is Pregnant
The beauty of pregnancy is not only about the miracle of a baby but the exultant hope of seeing a part of your hand in creation. Vince...
What Happened?
I am still recovering from the dismay over the abysmal performance of the Kansas City Chiefs at the Super Bowl. You can call it a...
Mickey Mantle
Amid the scourge of a rampaging pandemic, we launched the holy season of Lent yesterday. Ash Wednesday begins for us our Lenten journey...
Every Tuesday
When Russell Wilson arrived in Seattle for his first rookie minicamp, one of the first things he did was to call the Seattle Children’s’...
Potholes and Camels
At Bible Study yesterday, an important question came up about our inability, as a society, to find common ground in solving problems. In...
Achimota
In my native Ghana is the first co-ed secondary school which was established by the British colonial government in 1927. The school was...
Black Spot
This past Wednesday morning was a little somber. As glorious as it was to see a new President and Vice-President sworn into office, it...
"We Shall Overcome"
Below is the text from Father Manny's sermon for today, and we hope that you'll take the time to read this important message. You can...
One Man
Any one man can do a lot of good; he can bring out the best in people. In that same vein, any one man can do a lot of evil; he can bring...
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