“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” ~ Malala Yousafzai READING - Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, Illustrated by Kerascoet. New York and Boston: Little Brown…
Sermons
“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its…
My credential here is that I had the wisdom to predict the big tidal shift in congressional representation toward a higher percentage of women. But that credential is not going…
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~Howard Washington Thurman There…
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King, Jr. READING Words of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Perhaps no American —…
Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say "Look!" and laugh in astonishment, and bow…
The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows or the sound of the water when it is flowing.…
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude." ~ A.A. Milne “Today I choose to live with gratitude…
Christmas Eve 2018 Every Moment is One by Quinn G. Caldwell Read by Rev. Margaret Beckman One of my favorite things about all the rituals and traditions attached to this…
This rich and complex collection of poems and stories reminds us once again of the enduring significance of the Christmas holiday among African Americans. We are allowed a glimpse into…
