Category Archives: Pastor’s Pen

“Teaching, Preaching and Reaching For Christ”

HOW DO I VOTE? A PRAYERFUL, INTENTIONAL AND HOLISTIC CONSIDERATION This year’s election has been so politically charged that in some environments the determination of whether one is a democrat or republican is based upon whether one wears a mask or not. Further, it is quite interesting how religion has also made its way into…

Following is an opinion article written by my nephew, Dr. Tito Izard:Opinion: COVID-19 reveals that descendants of slavery still have three-fifths status What if your American dream was already in a health and economic crisis? How would you survive a global disaster?Tito IzardUpdated 11:28 a.m. CDT Sep. 10, 2020Editor's note: Six months ago, Gov. Tony…

THE ONLY REMEDY FOR HATE IS LOVE For the past four years, we have experienced an increase in overt racial Confrontations. We have witnessed a rise in racial hostility. Many of us have viewed the videos that were posted of white people who have questioned the right of Black people to be in lobby and…

GOD DOES NOT TAKE A VACATION In the light of everything that is going on in our country: The global pandemic; a much needed, renewed focus on justice, racism and policing; increasing unemployment; inadequate access to education; the chipping away of democratic norms; a diminishing of commonly accepted morals and values; voter disenfranchisement and voter…