Posts from 2016

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How Cops and Christians are Failing People of Color

by FOLCAdmin

Here we are again. Again we have dead men of color, in our country, at the hands of our cops, while too many Christians sit silent or stand saying the wrong things. Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Alton P. Sterling was confronted by cops and that confrontation ended with cops on top of him […]

Beyonce, Black Panthers, and Black Love

by FOLCAdmin

This past Super Bowl weekend, amidst the crowning of the Denver Broncos as Super Bowl Champions, and Von Miller (my homeboy from DeSoto, Tx who went to my high school, DeSoto “U” … ok, I am sorry; I digress) as MVP, there was another significant moment taking place last weekend.  On the Saturday before the […]

Stuck in the Middle

by FOLCAdmin

22) They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 23) He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you […]

Accelerate

by FOLCAdmin

Many of you who know me, know that I drive a lot … a whole lot! I live in Cobb County, pastor a church in Fayetteville, GA, have a child whose school and extra-curricular activities are in Buckhead, and a wife who lives in Winston-Salem, NC. Recently I bought a new car in August and […]

Get Dressed

by FOLCAdmin

So often when I have somewhere to go, or just the option to get out of the house, I find it difficult to want to get up and get dressed. If somehow I could be teleported from my couch or my bed, then all would be fine, but the getting dressed part can sometimes be […]

Start Right to Avoid Ending Wrong

by FOLCAdmin

Like many parents my post Christmas plans included putting together Christmas gifts. Since summer, Bryce has been begging for a mini-motorcycle/dirt bike, and after my initial “child please” reaction …. I caved. Bryce was ecstatic and excited to receive the gift, and just as eager to put it together so that he could ride it. […]