On March 16, 2022, the most consistent and critical relationship to my spiritual and physical existence, the relationship between my mother, aka “MaDear, was changed due to her physical death. Continue Reading
The Problem According to the Brookings Institution and other sources, the wealth of the average African American is ten times less than the wealth of the average white American [1]. Continue Reading
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An Unforgettable Day I’ll never forget Sunday, March 15, 2020. On this day, Cascade United Methodist Church, where I serve as the technology director, suspended its in-person services and weekly Continue Reading
PANDEMIC AND PANDEMONIUM! It was not just our imagination in March of 2020, when the world shifted as we entered a period of change that was unprecedented in our lifetimes! Continue Reading
Introduction and Context Black church pastors wield a lot of influence within the community and often bring about change. That would include notions about mental health. However, many African Americans Continue Reading
Imagining the Possibilities: Cultivating a Nurturing Environment for a College Ministry The Black Church has been and continues to be a central force that undergirds the African American community. It Continue Reading
“Let me not die while I am still alive.”[1] Such a profound revelation could only be spoken by someone lost in deep despair. Someone who has experienced the unexpected Continue Reading
By Willie Dwayne Francois III The Problem More than individual acts of discrimination, White racism persists as a form of power that works beneath the consciousness of human subjects[1], regardless Continue Reading
Sunday, September 20, 2015, I preached as the pastoral candidate of the Historic Shiloh Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia. The sermon was entitled “It Doesn’t Make Sense,” taken from Job Continue Reading