DEEP WATERS

It's been a month and one day since the February 26th  slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida . Much has transpired in the past month, and I've kept silent through all of it. I just can't hold my tongue -- or fingertips -- any longer. So let me start with what I'm not going to do here: I am not going to rant and rave I will not try George Zimmerman in the court of "Deep Waters" I'm not going to post a picture of myself in a hoodie (though I'm loving the impact of those  images I'm seeing on Facebook and Twitter) But I would like to examine this tragedy and share what God is teaching me through it. Justice Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." I agree wholeheartedly. Injustice in India is injustice in the United States. Injustice in Kenya is injustice in Great Britain. Injustice in Sanford, Florida is injustice

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Every year this holiday comes and goes, and I'm left scratching my head. I wonder: Who was this St. Patrick guy? Was he Irish? What did he do for the Irish people? Is he a cultural or religious hero? And what in the world does the shamrock have to do with anything? Thanks to the internet and a few easy  clicks on my laptop keyboard, I've finally got some answers. And I couldn't help but share the wealth with you, my friend. Well, it turns out that St. Patrick, born around 387 A.D., is the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. Interestingly, St. Patrick wasn't Irish at all. He was born to an aristocratic Christian family in Britain; his grandfather and father were deacons in the Christian church. At age sixteen, Patrick's life took a tragic turn when Irish raiders kidnapped him and took him to Ireland as a slave. During his years of slavery, he tended sheep and had a personal conversion to Christianity.

Happy International Women's Day 2012! Now if you're like me, you didn't wake up excited to celebrate this annual event. You, like me, may not have even known that March 8th marks this holiday celebrated world-wide. And if you're really like me, you just had to do some investigating. According to www.internationalwomensday.com , "International Women's Day provides a common day for globally recognizing and applauding women's achievements as well as for observing and highlighting gender inequalities and issues." Now that's something to celebrate, isn't it? So today I'm blogging in honor of all you beautiful, intelligent and talented women out there. Let's celebrate our "Girl Power" together. Well, I could talk about any number of women today. This morning I just read a  magazine article in Essence about Maxine Waters, the 73-year-old California congresswoman, still causing a ruckus in our nation's capitol on