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  • The King of Habits

    Towards the end of 2009 I met a gentleman who has lived a very colorful life. At one point in his life he was one of the most prolific bank robbers in America. Now, he is a highly respected businessman, one of the patriarchs of East Baltimore. His story is ultimately a story of hard-won…

  • The Sugar Water Epiphany

    A few days after my 40th birthday I wrote an essay called, “The Sugar Water Epiphany.” (Excerpts from the essay are in italics).It was sparked by an experience I had at the Sugar Water Festival in July 2005 at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland. Sugar Water was a music festival which featured three of the most…

  • Merry Christmas…Wake Up!

    The over-arching purpose of The Dialogue is to facilitate a healthy, ongoing dialogue between Black men and Black women. My thesis is simple; the foundation of the Black community is the Black man and Black woman, if that relationship thrives we thrive. If God is in the midst of that relationship nothing is impossible, no…