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June 2017

June 23, 2017

Confessions of a Medicaid Mom

When my husband and I were signing the documents to adopt our three children from...

January 2017

January 15, 2017

It’s Complicated: The Bishop and Eddie Long

Today, daddy died. He would laugh to hear me call him that after all these...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

In the year that Hillary lost I saw the Lord: Christmas, HRC, and Hope

Since November 8th, like many people of my political ilk, I have been in a...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Mama’s Boy: A Birthday letter to my black son

Tiger: I hated missing you wake up on your first birthday in your forever home....

February 2016

February 12, 2016

Butterscotch Ann Coulter? A Love Note to Stacey Dash and BET

Dear Stacey: I've wanted to catch up with you for a while. Matter of fact...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Hurricane Katrina: The Day that Uncle Sam Died

For all my bluster of critical scholar this and critical scholar that, I am a...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

Dissenting Opinions on “A Teachable Moment” Part I: “Not My Lesson to Teach” by Shanelle Little

To say that I have been surprised by the response to last week's blog is...

March 10, 2015

A Teachable Moment: How OU failed Transformation 101

I am a college professor. It is an essential part of my identity. Yes, I...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Hated Tide: The Real Reason you hate Alabama and Mika Brzezinski

Though not blessed with any children of my own, I am the proud aunt of...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Masking our Faith: Ebola, Dallas, and the Church

Dateline: October 19, 2014—Dallas, Texas As of now, I am happy to report that the...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

Me and Michael Brown’s Mama — Nothing in Common

When I first saw her on television I knew that we had nothing in common....

January 2013

January 11, 2013

It ain’t that deep: What we learned from Joe and Mika’s blow up

Anyone watching MSNBC’s Morning Joe, this morning could sense something just wasn’t right. To the...

July 2012

July 14, 2012

Like a good neighbor…..

I knew something was wrong in the way that he said my name. “Honey,” he...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Maybe it was the Chili Dog…..

My Sunday morning had been great so far. I had just returned from preaching at...

June 06, 2012

Shut the… Front Door!

There are few times in my life when I am literally at a loss for...

May 2012

May 06, 2012

Some Advice from the Master Gardener…..

Yesterday, in an attempt to get some distance between me and the traumatic event now...

May 04, 2012

And Jesus wept…

I don’t like crying. I hate it. Other than sex, it is one of those...

May 02, 2012

All but the shouting…

Well the Methodist Armageddon came and went by 12:30pm EST. The world didn't end; the...

May 01, 2012

The Games we play….

Someone stopped me today in the Convention Center to ask me what I did for...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

And the winner is…..

“In the West it seems that everything is about winning and losing…..”Walking back across the...

April 29, 2012

It Ain’t Adam’s Fault

I knew that the UMC’s foray into re-organization could have significant impact for agencies like...

March 2012

March 11, 2012

Well..I've done it. Resisted for years. Clients and students begged but I said no. Perhaps...

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