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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…

  • Youtube Madness

    I recently re-connected with my friend and former colleague Henry Hurst who now lives and works in South Korea. He has contributed several comments and observations in these first few days of  The Dialogue. He pulled my coat to something on “youtube.” “Man if you go on youtube, and do a Black women search, you see…

  • 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…

  • Vision…Leadership

    Where there is no vision, the people perish… Prov. 29:18 Leaders provide vision for the people and I believe God has charged the Black man to lead.  However, no man is fit to lead unless he is led by something greater than himself. And I don’t mean his car, or his mortgage, his Rolex or some amazing…

  • 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…