My dear and much beloved preacher teacher friend Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor was a great historically Black college president, Peace Corps leader in Africa, and [...]

On this Thanksgiving I share again as I have over the years this beautiful prayer of our great Black theologian Dr. Howard Thurman A Litany [...]

I recently received a note from my dear and evergreen friend Maria Nhambu with wise counsel that has circulated for many years under titles like [...]

“Brecklynn, when you think about the future, I do believe the future is bright. And it will be because of your leadership, and it will [...]

“What we’re really talking about …[are lessons learned that] I think are helpful for people who are looking at what’s going on in our country [...]

My much beloved friend Rev. C.T. Vivian was a leader in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), a confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., [...]

“The first fact that we need to understand is that America has a longer history of disenfranchisement than it does of enfranchisement. What do I [...]

The Peacemaker taught us about the Seven Generations. He said, when you sit in council for the welfare of the people, you must not think [...]

“To practice nonviolence is to find a stream of life that allows you to live creatively…The only way forward is to risk our lives…The future [...]