Bishop Robert 
Growing up without a father has an incredible impact on a child. But that impact “ripples out” like a stone dropped into a pond. Fatherlessness is associated with almost every societal ill facing our country’s children. Being fatherless accounts for …63% of youth suicides90% of runaway children85% of children who develop behavioral disorders80% of rapists71% … Read more
What’s the first thing that came to your mind when you read that? Did your first thought make you wonder if this would be a racially-focused devotional? Are we going to be talking about which lives matter, or at least matter most? Or did you think back to the days when television and movies were … Read more
Let me begin with a quote of one short paragraph from yesterday’s Veterans Day devotional. “When someone has chosen to give their life for yours, that very act demands honor. It is an act so utterly selfless that to brush it aside without truly and deliberately considering their sacrifice and motivation is crass and rude. … Read more
Today’s devotional will be short and to the point. Some things ought not be forgotten. Ever. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month multiple nations around the world pause to remember those who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we enjoy. Some things ought not be forgotten. Ever. We … Read more
For a very long time now, the hashtag #LOVE has been Instagram’s number one used tag. It has over 2.1 BILLION shares. That’s a LOT !!!! So, obviously, a lot of us here on this little planet are very interested in the topic of love. We post pictures of people and things we love. We … Read more
following too closely Have you ever been driving down the highway and seen one driver following another car WAY TOO closely? I feel frustrated when someone does it to me, and have to fight the temptation to “brake check” the driver into considering more space. (For those reading the translated versions of this devotional, in … Read more
It is one of the most iconic questions in the history of advertising. It operated on a simple premise — EVERYONE needs milk. And so for some 20 years we saw those weird white milk mustaches we all get when drinking milk on a mind-boggling range of “people.” I had to put that last word … Read more
DOUBLE WHAMMY In yesterday’s devotional I wrote about light, including the offensive and defensive aspect of a photonic barrier. (Which is essentially a wall of light.) There was so much more that could be said yesterday, but at well over 5000 words I had overshot my self-imposed daily limit by a good bit. But I … Read more
A simple definition of the term “photonic barrier” could be a “wall of light,” and depending upon your perspective that could either be a positive or a negative thing. When our eyes are suddenly confronted with a radically different level of light their capacity for sight is instantly diminished. If you’re in an office building … Read more
WHITE PRIVILEGE As a social phenomenon that intertwines race and racism the entire concept of “white privilege” has no shortage of proponents and opponents, attackers and defenders. The annals of history are littered with painful and horrific examples of one race or social class lifting itself up in order to debase and dehumanize another ; … Read more
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