‘Opinions - On the Soapbox’ Archives
“FRECKLES”
"FRECKLES" What are freckles? Where do they come from? Why I do I have to have them? These are some of many questions that plagued me when I was growing up. Can you imagine growing up in the South, poor and living on a farm and being the only child in school who had red (brownish) hair, skinny and most of all those dreaded "freckles?" Many [...]
One Foot in Front of the Other
I saw a report on the affect of the recent earthquake in Haiti . Specifically of the little girl that was pulled from the rubble of her home on the 3rd day after the quake by cnn news crews. This little girl climbed out and clutched the reporters like a girl would clutch her father when he holds her in his arms. It was a good and positive thing. [...]
Lord, Why did you make me Black?
LORD, WHY DID YOU MAKE ME BLACK? This poem was written by RuNett Nia Ebo mailto:poetebo@blackvoices.com and inspired by the Book of Genesis. Check out her website at http://expage.com/page/poetofpurpose Lord, Lord, Why did You make me Black? Why did You make me someone The world wants to hold back? Black is the color of dirty [...]
The Christmas Wreath
This is from an introduction that was given at the Christmas program on December, 2008. It is the introduction of the Youth Play based around the Christmas Wreath. background: Holy Communion was given at church on Friday night the 19th and the christmas play is held on the 20th. Last Night many of us came out to celebrate communion. [...]
