Research indicates that American employers make decisions based on people's names, especially when those names seem to indicate that the applicant is Black or from low-income homes. Without actually meeting the persons or calling them for an interview to establish their qualities and abilities, studies show that applications are tossed in the garbage, simply because... Continue Reading →
Why Not Me?
A cancer diagnosis changes a person for good. I still remember the disbelief and fear when I was told I had stage 2 colon cancer. I was just two weeks on the job and had not even taught a class. I just knew they were going to fire me, so that I did not increase... Continue Reading →
The Danger of Misplaced Anger
As we walked, I noticed the lines on my husband's forehead that I had not seen before. I wondered what could be stressing him enough to imprint on his face. I started thinking about our lives over the last few months before the walk, and I was reminded of the anger that I had been... Continue Reading →
A ChildLike Faith
I always cringe when I see grownups throwing children into the air or swinging them around by their arms. I hold my breath until the children are safely back in their parents' hands or on their own feet. While I am scared that the parents will drop the children and cause major physical injuries, all... Continue Reading →
Convinced!
It was while riding in the backseat of an old car down a mountainside in a bad rainstorm with no windshield wipers that I became convinced of the reality of God's promises in Isaiah 65:24: I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will... Continue Reading →
Never Go Back to Egypt!
Numbers 14:3-4 “Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?” Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!”... Continue Reading →
The Sun is Still Shining Above the Storms
Mark 4:39-40 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Then he asked them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" It had been storming for two or three days in a row, and... Continue Reading →
Are You Thirsty?
John 4: 13-15 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again,... Continue Reading →
In-Spite-Of Joy
Habakkuk 3:17-19 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be... Continue Reading →
An Abiding Faith
Rev. Regina Davis-Sowers, PhD Joshua 14:10-12: “Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent... Continue Reading →
