Has This Ever Happened To You When You Prayed? [blog/reflection]
Do you believe that God hears and answers your prayers? If you do, how exactly has God answered your prayers? Has God answered your prayers through a feeling? Have you heard the voice of God speak back to you as you cried out for God to show God’s face? Recently, I actually heard a voice. In the beginning of 2015 Brooke and I had a conversation, where she expressed a concern andREAD MORE
Kobe Bryant’s Muse Full Documentary – And Why I Studied It
I always had dreams of making it out of “the hood” and becoming a successful athlete. My dreams started out with becoming a baseball player. I was a 1986 Met’s fan, so in my mind I’d become Daryl Strawberry or Dwight Gooden. These two baseball stars would soon fall due to their drug use so I had to look somewhere else for inspiration. I was introduced to the NBA, and as aREAD MORE
A Dump of the Ferguson Police Department’s Racist Behavior [blog/news]
On March 4, 2015 the Department of Justice released their findings in the investigation of the Ferguson Police Department. You can Download the full report here. Below are some of the major findings from the report. Plenty of people thought the department showed racist and discriminatory tendencies but now we have proof. Read the below excerpts and comment below. We’d like to know your thoughts! [bctt tweet=”The 67% of African Americans in FergusonREAD MORE
Should Pastors Conduct House Blessings? [blog/reflection]
As Brooke and I plan out the details of turning The Opened Box into a physical location, discussions about how we will serve the community often arise. As we were watching one of the latest episodes of The Real House Wives of Atlanta, the topic of blessing homes came up. In this particular episode of of The Real House Wives of Atlanta, Phaedra Parks called in two ministers, a husband and wife,READ MORE