It’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed an album as much as Wake Up! by John Legend & The Roots.  In this neo/old-school soul album, Legend solidifies himself as the Marvin Gaye/Bill Withers of our day. Check out the title track, Wake Up!, featuring Common & Melanie Fiona:  

I’m reading a new book about religion and politics.  More specifically,what role should our Christian faith play in our politics?  It’s called, City of Man:  Religion and Politics in a New Era, by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner. The fundamental question they are seeking to answer is this:   “So what does it mean to…

For months now I’ve been on the edge of my seat waiting for the release of a movie and a book.  The Movie:  Years ago I heard this story…now it’s a movie:  “Conviction”–Can’t wait to see it! The Book:  John Grisham turns the tables with “The Confession.”  “For every innocent man sent to prison, there…

While on sabbatical I’m catching up on my “to read” stack of books.  I’m really enjoying Cornel West’s memoir entitled, “Brother West:  Living and Loving Out Loud.” Here are a couple of quotes from this Harvard professor, public intellectual and “bluesman in the life of the mind…jazzman in the world of ideas.” Here’s how he…

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