I watched her, week after week, sitting at the kitchen table meticulously doing schoolwork that was to be sent to Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas where she was a student working on her degree in education. This was before computers and distance learning. She was doing...

Violence- “the intentional use of physical force or [abusive] power, threatened or actual, against oneself, or another person, a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm or maldevelopment”

World Health...

“If we are strong enough to be weak enough, we are given a

wound that never heals. It is the gift that keeps the heart open”

The Invitation by Oriah

It is hard to stare pain in the face—emotional or physical—but life will not be fully lived until we come to terms with...

“I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence.”

― Vaclav Havel

I am not a Cheney family...

A few days ago, I watched a wonderful movie that explored many of our human issues related to faith, doubt, fear, brokenness, failure, survival, and death. One of the characters spoke about being,” in love with hope.” This idea really struck a chord with me as I reflect upon the many...