Oblivion: Leaders Trapped in a Culturally Unaware Blackhole
What is actually happening with our leaders? I don’t just mean our politicians, although they are key culprits. I am also referring to...

Lenses & Labels: An Analogy For Living
Everyday, we wake up and before we open our eyes, we feel around frantically on our nightstand trying to find our glasses. We finally...

Questioning WHO Matters?
Have you read the guiding principles of Black Lives Matter (BLM)? What are your thoughts? For the most part, they are constructed with...


The Voyage of Fatherhood: 3 Lighthouses
I recently did a Convergence Conversation in conjunction with the ACTS Group in Sacramento. Convergence Conversations are like a...


What is the Point? Blackness & White Panic
I wanted to say a couple words on the recent outcry about the photo of a group of WestPointers with raised fists. Now, in general, this...

Living At The Intersection: Fatherlessness & Blackness Pt. 1
I recently delivered the keynote at The Black Convocation at a University on the theme “Shifting The Black Agenda: Cultivating...

5 Life Lessons My 8-Year-Old Taught Me!
My son's winter basketball team was made up of 3rd graders but was placed in the most competitive division with 4th graders. I never...

Unintended Side Effects MAN UP!!! BE A MAN!!!
How many times have you heard someone urge a young man to “Be a man!” or “Man Up!”? How many times have you said that to someone? ...


An Un-calibrated Life
Living life without hearing the voice of a father saying "well done son" can be torturous with pain bleeding well over into adulthood. ...
Intro to the Psyche of the Unfathered
Many of us who can relate to experiencing The Daddy Issue acknowledge that in our own fathering, our natural inclination in certain...