This homily was inspired by a valley. You may recall that a couple of weeks ago in my sermon “The Great Irony of Life,” I shared a revelatory moment that happened on a CBF Youth Passport Missions trip several years ago, which took place in Jacksonville, Florida. This...

The year was 1976, the month was March, and I was warming up on the track at Morehouse College, readying myself for the beginning of the collegiate outdoor track season. I noticed a tall, nerdy-looking black kid warming up along the backstretch, strutting along with...

At the height of her career, the late Lady Diana was considered one of the richest, most beautiful, most privileged and most admired women in the world. However, what the world didn’t know was that she was also bulimic, depressed, and failing in her attempt to rescue...

Head counts are important. So learned a young shepherd who was leading a flock of one hundred sheep, and so learned a young pastor who was leading a group of youth on a long hike through the Nantahala National Forest -- estimated distance, according to the camp...

"When I was in elementary school, we started each day by standing, facing the American flag, putting our hand over our heart and saying these words: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation...