When Father Michael Pfleger called in to the Roland S. Martin show at 7 a.m. on Friday morning, at least I knew he was awake. I gave dialed him up and asked if I could drop by and visit with him after I left WVON. Thanks to GPS (I call...
Senator Barack Obama and his family spent Father’s Day at the Apostolic Church of God on Chicago’s South Side. Any fool can have child, that doesn’t make you a father. Senator Barack Obama I heard Kyra Phillips on CNN asking whether or not Obama would take heat for his comments,...
By the time I wrote this post, the Democratic Primary was at its zenith, and there was tons of traffic coming this way. I think this post had the 2nd most comments I’ve ever had. You may want to go back through them for historical context. As painful as it...
I was scrolling across Technorati and saw a sad story regarding my friend Father Michael Pfleger. I’ve been meaning to write a post about the fallout from his You Tube issue, but just haven’t done it. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Father Pfleger is apartment hunting. Here’s what the article had...
The “Black Church” gets thrown under the bus while no one accounts for John Hagee’s beliefs. It’s a terrible double standard at work here.
As early as this week, the NAACP will make a decision on who be their next president. With the organization getting ready to celebrate From what I have read, Benjamin Jealous and Alvin Brown are fine candidates for the position, yet I’m of the mind that there is one candidate...
I’ve checked the net, and there aren’t many places (other than Dallas South) discussing developments regarding the Bush Library. That means its one of two things. Either a vote recently taken on the matter really didn’t mean much, or someone’s trying to spin the significance of what’s going on with...
More on the Bush Library. The General Conference of the United Methodist Church did receive a petition asking it to block SMU’s decision to lease land for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Center. Its decision was only to refer it to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference. In no...
Last night, Friendship-West Baptist church wrapped up a month long celebration of Senior Pastor, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway presented a proclamation from Mayor Tom Leppert and the entire City Council. The city has designated May 1, 2008 as “Dr. Frederick D. Haynes Day.” Dr....
The governing body of the United Methodist Church has come out against the George Bush Library being constructed on the campus of Southern Methodist University. This rejection passed on Wednesday morning, at the 2008 Quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church that is still meeting in Fort Worth. Here...
