Spectrum’s Adventist Voices–Dr. Hyman

–She grew the American I wanted to be.

To Him: Thankyou

Beginning a somber day She stares through a stained glass  library window–listening for a voice of no expectations He, as anointed grace, answers the spirit She receives his exhale:  “How are you?”

“Let America Be America Again: Resisting Silencing and Erasure”

In “Let America Be America Again, #LangstonHughes implores to “[l]et it be the dream it used to be.

Emmett Till

The boy: Till: the child-

DuBois/ West: Lessons for Higher Education Institutions

Lessons often rest in the words of historical fore-parents like DuBois. Revisit the “why” of higher education–the “why.” Cornel West is a reminder of “what” needs to be revisited.

Take 6, “When Angels Cry”: Calling the “Light of Love”

“Angels Cry.” Crying, I have come to learn is holy.

Holy moments are like bridges—this holy moment is my bridge into the who of Take 6.

for Carvell Goodlow: Do the Holy Thing

The name Carvell Goodlow triggers a chaotic caucus of words that I don’t even want on my doorstep they hurt they scream painful; they read Carvell Goodlow, a good boy was killed on Sunday, September 2018 in Huntsville Alabama for no reason by a black boy who lost his humanity. Carvell Goodlow was pursuing a…

“Black Panther”: A Wakandan Epitaph

The real hero of this movie is the African child-come-man left orphaned in America—Erik Killmonger. It is that orphaned boy whose final epitaph carries the movie home.

First Thursday: God, Depression, and Whitney Houston’s “Can I Be Me”

“CAN I BE ME”: I imagine Whitney Houston asking this question. As she rests, my answer to every human being searching for an answer to this question. Yes, be the you that God is calling! 

A Woman with An Issue

Dear Jesus: A Prayer

Dear Jesus,
Thanks for showing me
How to remember You–always

Just Thinking: SDA Hegemonic Christian Unity Specialists

Did God call women? Then “shake loose.” Don’t be like the old lynch-master—putting spiritual and psychological nooses and chains around the necks of called Women of God. That just isn’t right!