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His lips quivered as tears moistened his eyes. But maybe that was just my imagination.
No, I could have sworn I saw his lower lip quivering. And no mistaking, I heard his voice cracking just a bit.

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

As I write this, she’s curled up beside me, snoring ever so softly. On her back, she has her paws in the air, with her belly for all to see.

Another one is just on the other side of me, and she, too, is sound asleep. She’s curled in a ball, not making any sound.

The other one, the big brother, is at full attention, chasing a pesky fly. He is, after all, the protector of the house.

We pray for our friends and family members when they have a need. If we hear of a neighbor who is sick, or perhaps going through a tough time in their life, we pray for them. At times, things in this life can be so difficult that offering a prayer is all we can do for someone.
But what if the person on your mind happens to be famous, and you don’t really know them, but you still feel the need to pray for them? Should you add them to a prayer list in your church?

You know what they say about those who forget their history, right? They’re doomed to repeat it.

At Saturday night’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reception at the Imani Center, the message was clear. Have the youth forgotten about the struggles of King and about the Civil Rights movement?

As I scanned the crowd, which was much smaller than usual, I couldn’t help but notice that there were few children in attendance. The crowd wasn’t very diverse either.