A couple of weeks ago, one of my professors had us read the “Mini-Apocalypse” in the biblical scriptures found in the Gospel of Matthew 24:3-8 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of […]
Read more "The End of The Age"I need to vent. Be aware, I’ve recently been watching Spike Lee Joints: “School Daze,” “Bamboozled,” and just this weekend “When The Levees Broke” which still had me fighting back tears. That being said, a few things I heard over the past week or so just made me angry and I just want to set […]
Read more "Dealing with Negro Nonsense and Barbershop Knowledge"I’m doing a series, just about three or four, might be five, can’t remember, blog posts that I had actually typewritten on a Royal Typewriter Futura. These are my thoughts during that fateful period this past summer while I was on my internship and was without my laptop for about three FULL weeks. I had […]
Read more "From The Uppity Negro Network, Living In Liminality, The Typewriter Series Presents: “To Serve This Present Age: The Black Church and Post-Modernity”"The Riverside Church of Manhattan on the Upper West Side comes to mind when one thinks of bastions of ecclesial liberalism. And generally one calls to mind famous pastors of Henry Emerson Fosdick, William Sloane Coffin and the latest James Forbes. Sadly, I’m sure in the history of this great institutional church, Dr. Brad Braxton […]
Read more "The Danger of Diversity"I remember in my Finance 101 class the professor giving us the formulas for how to figure out return on investment of the principal or capital deposit. The answer usually produced what was also known as the rate of return, either in fraction or percentage form. It’s basic math, the final value of the investment […]
Read more "Members of the Black Church Should Demand A Return on Investment"Most liberals are familiar with the phrase “[speak] truth to power” which I always loosely associated with social justice messages, particularly those from the pulpit. But, when pressed on the issue, I wasn’t able to give a cogent definition of what the “truth” was and let alone what the “power” was. So when I heard […]
Read more "Speaking Truths That Empower"Let me just lay my cards out on the table and be rather blunt: I haven’t agreed with everything Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright has said over the past few years. Actually, for me the biggest aught I had with him was how he hand-picked his successor following his retirement. It was my understanding that since […]
Read more "For The Last Time He’s a Pastor and Not a Politician"I know lifting the phrase “to be or not to be” from Shakespeare and inserting one’s own word is highly clichéd, but go with me on this one. Much of our image signifies who we are. Or rather, as I learned in one of my classes, it signifies who we be. We are human beings, […]
Read more "To Bling or Not To Bling"I think I’m squarely identifying myself as a Christian Universalist. I am convinced that the basic tenets of Christianity provide a framework with which all can be reconciled back to the Deity in some form or fashion. I’m sure most would disagree with this thought process, but I fully believe that all go to “heaven” […]
Read more "This Is Why Folks Don’t Take Church Seriously Pt. III: Recreational Preaching"Well, this really isn’t a solely religious blog, but as most of my close followers know, religion is very much a part of a my life. I mean, I would love to have a blog about this Tavis Smiley town hall I heard that aired on TvOne over the weekend, but I guess you’ll have to […]
Read more "This Is Why Folks Don’t Take Church Seriously Pt. II: The Shout or Praise Breaks"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 