To this day I don’t remember the old man’s name, though I’m sure he was a distant cousin of some sort. That’s the nature of small-town life. Everyone’s related. In my little girl’s memory, the old man had lived a rickety life in an old rickety house the color of ashes down the road past [...]

Did you know it was National Book Month in the U.S.? I celebrated last year by reviewing a book a day (almost). Feel free to peruse the list here. This year, I’ve been slack. I did pull together a list of African American historicals (fiction and nonfiction) for UrbanFaith.com, but I don’t think it’s on [...]

Every writer gets stressed. Sometimes we get pressed. Pressed for time. Pressed by adversity, on every side. Here’s something to remember when you’re ‘in the press.’ 2-4Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and [...]