Opinion

Speak Your Miracle into Existence

Take hold of your miracle with a mental commitment that it shall come to pass! 

You Do Not Have to Be Blooming to Be Growing 

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to spend quality time with my eldest grandson. He is currently taking jiu-jitsu, and I watched as he methodically demonstrated his skills, concentration and formation.  
What I found interesting was the name of the place where he takes his lessons—Evolve.   

Lifting Up Louise Little, Mother of Malcolm X: A Mother-Son Message of Resistance to the World – Part 2.  

In discussing Nana Louise Little’s multifaceted and highly formative message to Haji Malcolm which he then gave the world, I began with the lesson of resistance and resilience because it is a lesson that infuses and informs every other aspect of her comprehensive, compelling and committed teaching. Indeed, in the next lesson, resistance and the resilience are required for it to develop and flourish and fulfill its most essential function, that is to say to protect, promote and enhance life and bring good in the world.  

It’s Okay to be Black First    

Can we have an honest adult conversation about what’s going on in this country and the world?  I think it’s time for us to be honest with each other and talk to each other as adults, not like little children.   

Feed Fiber to Your Miracle 

We know our miracle cannot eat fiber, right? However, there are key ingredients needed to navigate the path toward reaching your miracle.  Joseph did not know miracles were waiting to happen in his life. He faced tremendous obstacles. When he shared his dreams with his brothers—who were hateful and could not speak kindly to him—he didn’t realize that the way was being paved for his miracle. Joseph was innocent and unaware of the depth of his brothers’ hatred. Who would think that they harbored such diabolical thoughts? Yet, they plotted to murder him.  Joseph would not have imagined that a

You Do Not Have to Be Blooming to Be Growing 

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to spend quality time with my eldest grandson. He is currently taking jiu-jitsu, and I watched him methodically demonstrate his skills, concentration, and formation. What I found interesting was the name of the place where he takes his lessons—Evolve. 

Lifting Up Louise Little, Mother of Malcolm X:  A Mother-Son Message of Resistance to the World – Part 1 

As we move from February, the month of the martyrdom of Nana Haji Malcolm X and into the month of March, I want to lift up his mother, Nana Louise Langdon Little (January 2, 1894, to December 15, 1989), womanist, activist intellectual, nationalist, pan-Africanist, organizer, freedom fighter, and mother, most notably of Haji Malcolm X. Indeed, she offered him and us all a model to emulate and a mirror by which we can measure ourselves as we make our way and work our will for good in the world.  

Don’t Let the Dragon Kill Your Dream! 

It was around 1727 B.C. when we read about Joseph and his triumphs over fear. There were many times over long periods when Joseph could have given up. Looking back to his youth, around seventeen years old (Genesis 37:1), we notice his brothers—sons of Bilhah and sons of Zilpah, who were from his father’s wives and servants. This expanded family was accepted during that time period, and God allowed it. 

Remembering and Honoring Haji Malcolm’s Martyrdom: A Model and Mirror of Service, Sacrifice and Struggle 

This February 21, 2025, marks the 60th Anniversary of the assassination and martyrdom of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Nana Min. Malcolm X, noble and never-tiring witness to the world for us and the shared sacred cause of freedom, justice and inclusive good in the world.  

David G. Brown Weekly Cartoon

Three-Card Monte at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue  

For those of you that don’t know what three-card monte is, it’s one of the oldest scams in the book. While guess what. The con game that started out as a street hostile to swindle people out of their money has found its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC.