I have been sleeping around lately, although that is not how it sounds. However, you won't catch me at home some nights. I have been sleeping in the homes of elderly family members, doing what I can when I can.

One evening not so long ago, on my 5...

I don't get to see my Aunt Anne enough, but I take quality over quantity. On my last visit, she dropped a pearl of wisdom that resonates as I write this.

Of her more than 30-year marriage to my uncle, she said, "We don't have to be on the...

I don't miss people. There, I said it. I used to think I was a mutant. Now I understand. I simply carry people in my heart in a way that allows me to love deeply, even in their absence.

The people I do miss, (if inclined) are people who...

Ever experience the kind of excitement in life, where you can't wait to get up and don't want to go to bed? The adventure of turning a dream into reality is seasoned with this kind of excitement. You know something special is happening. You may not always be able to...

I would like to visit Umpqua Bank.

Sounds nerdy I'm sure. It is not an amusement park or a tourist attraction. I don't know anyone who has an account there. From what I have read, I am sure I would like to visit. Not to open an...

My brother, at the tender age of 5, passed a church building while riding a city bus with my aunt. She asked if he wanted to go to church. He winced. "No way." "Why?" she probed. He said, "Because Jesus was a good boy and they killed him. I am...

Worldwide, there will be several presidential elections in 2012. In a season of elections, KONY 2012 is brilliant marketing, and although not presidential it has emerged as the most talked about campaign to date; even though the injustices have been happening for years...

Pause.

Someone emailed me the...

I find relationships challenging. I am a little skeptical because I have a sneaky suspicion that we are not in relationships with each other. We are in relationships with the "idea" we have of one another. I am not sure how often we really listen to each other past the...

Imagine walking 650 miles. It takes about 8 days and 19 hours according to Google maps (beta).

Now, imagine that you are a 17-year-old African-American male. By the way, the year is 1935. You begin this "650 miles" walk from Georgia to Washington, D.C. to attend Howard University. You have...

Last week, President Obama charmed Harlem's historic Apollo Theatre with his rendition of Reverend Al Green's "Let's Stay Together." This is one of the more public presidential moments. The story shared here is no less presidential, no less charming but a little less known. It will resonate for years to...

The door flew open. Exasperated, "Carrie" burst through!

"He won't let me help him!"

She talked on and on about what he needed and could not see: the pending pitfalls on his road ahead and the looming doom from his choices. She had to save him from himself....