The significance of Virginia Lt. Governor-elect Winsome Sears’ victory cannot be overstated. But her victory is significant not only because she is a Black woman and the “first” of her race and gender to hold the office of lieutenant governor in Virginia, but also because she has been described as a...

You never know when something you say will go viral. It has happened a number of times in my career, the latest being comments I made on my national radio talk show a few weeks ago when I had COVID-19. I said that I had hoped I would attain natural immunity, since science -- evidenced, for example, ...

I was in the Panama City, Florida area last week preaching in various churches when at one point, I was talking with some teenage girls before one of the services. I told them it must be wonderful living so close to the beach that they can go any time they want and I was surprised at their answer. T...

I was disappointed to see the term “white protestant work ethic” in print on the Editorial page in the November 3 Jena Times. I know a lot of people w...

Superstitions and sports go hand in hand. Anybody that has ever played an organized sport of any kind knows this is true. From baseball players to hoc...

70 Years Ago November 8, 1951 Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Owens observed their fourth anniversary with the First Baptist Church Sunday when they held Open Hou...