A Groundbreaking Event that aims to leave an indelible mark on the formation of youth and young adults within our community! For Youth and Young Adults (16-35) - Saturday, May 30, 2015, 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. First African Methodist Episcopal Church, in the Thelma Blake Fellowship Hall located at 1700 North Raymond in Pasadena The guest speaker, Mr. Travon Williams, (son of convicted gang member Stanley “Tookie” Williams, who while jailed, was nominated six times for the Nobel Peace Prize in … [Read more...]

I do not know if grouchy comes with old age or if in old age you are too weak to subdue it. I guess it does not really matter because I am having a little bit of trouble along this line. My grouchy seems to be getting out of control. I remember the good old days, those carefree days, days when I did not let anything bother me. Oh, how I wish they would return. Lately, it seems everywhere I go I run into people that irritate me. It does not matter if I am driving in a car or walking down … [Read more...]

Americans hoard too much stuff. Everywhere I go in small or large towns I see storage facilities being built. Americans have "stuff" and we need more storage space. We spend most of our lives wanting stuff and then we have to worry about keeping or maintaining what we have accumulated. My wife and I cleaned out a bedroom closet recently. I looked through my clothes and saw too much I had not worn in the last year. I bagged it and carried it off to the local charity pickup truck. I realize … [Read more...]

I was rearranging some bookshelves to make room for a few new books when it happened. I was in for a surprise and did not quite know it. There behind some books on my bookshelf was an old family photo album I had not seen in years. When I say old, I mean these were pictures taken when cameras were really cameras with film in them. Nobody knows what those cameras were like today. Today, you take a picture and instantly it is on your cell phone. Back in “the day” cameras had film, and you had … [Read more...]

I am of the opinion that standing in line is not a career although I have been so employed most of my life. If it is a career, I am not applying for any employment. I have searched colleges and universities and have yet to find any of them offering a PhD in Standing in Line. I believe there is no such thing, although I stood in line for so long now I probably have earned a PhD. This past week I had this brought to my attention in an interesting manner. I had ordered a printing job at … [Read more...]