A few months ago, in many churches, there was much hand wringing and head shaking over the new laws that passed in the Nation’s Capital. Essentially, in Washington, DC, it is now legal for persons older than twenty-one years of age to: possess two ounces or less of marijuana; share one ounce or less with …
The Word of God tells us in I Timothy 4:12b (KJV), “Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” I recently reflected on this scripture as I thought about an occurrence. Some time ago, a sister-in-Christ, “Cindy” (not her real name) came to me …
When I was a young lawyer, I represented abused children in the foster care system. Many of these children were the child victims of rape, incest, physical abuse and neglect. One day, I was interviewing my child-client when she started to cry. I asked her, “why are you crying?’ She responded, “People usually don’t ask …
