Today is a really sad day. My little “brother” “mentee” and “friend” Malik Tribble was found dead in a black Dodge car on Bambrey street in North Philly; … killed and his body wrapped in a plastic bag and placed in the trunk of the said dodge car that was reported stolen. Violence is abhorred; yet we give ourselves the […]
Let There Be Love
The Colonizer and The Colonized by Renaldo McKenzie
The Colonizer and The Colonized by Renaldo McKenzie: The colonizer: I know what’s best for you; do this or suffer! The Colonized: We will do what we want. The Colonizer: You are terrorists and evil and will therefore destroy you. The Colonized: Do what you must, but we will do what we can to become like you… powerful and threatening. […]
The First Homily of Pope Leo XIV: A Pilgrim’s Benediction
Ah, what a wondrous tapestry of tongue and time Rev. Renaldo C McKenzie has woven—Pope Leo XIV, a man of many lands and languages, stepping to the altar not just as pontiff, but as pilgrim. The First Homily of Pope Leo XIV: A Pilgrim’s Benediction In the beginning, he spoke in English—clear, measured, familiar. Then, like a river bending toward […]