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Good Times and Black Jesus…
By
Joan Ball
I was 8 when this Good Times episode ran. Not sure if I saw it then, although the program was a family staple back in the days when we only got three network channels and PBS. It wasn’t until I started watching reruns on YouTube recently that I realized how edgy this show really was…
Have Random Acts of Kindness Become an Oddity?
By
Joan Ball
Why is it that we are so surprised when people do wonderful, selfless, one-sided, things for us? I’m talking about those times when we have a need – expressed or hidden – and someone senses it and fills it without asking a thing in return. When the help, guidance or counsel comes with no…
Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook Returns to D.C. for Mid-day Worship Project
By
Joan Ball
Does Washington D.C. Need a Spiritual Stimulus Package? Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook, the woman that the New York times described as “Billy Graham and Oprah rolled into one,” thinks so – and she is bringing it in the form of mid-day, interdenominational church services to be held on seven consecutive Tuesdays from 12:15 to 12:45…
It’s Never Too Late to be What You Might Have Been…
By
Joan Ball
A George Eliot quote on a framed handprinted greeting card sits on the fireplace mantle in my living room. It reads: “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” I thought of it when I saw this video. No matter how deeply life or loss or poverty…hardship of any kind…appears to have its…
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