I read a quote this morning by Mike Murdoch which I love. He says, those who do not discern your worth, are disqualified for relationship. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the question, how do we communicate our worth to others? First it starts with a correct understanding of our own worth right? This is…
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What are you duty bound to do?
For the past few days, I’ve been in Albany, Georgia leading a community leadership journey with a number of my colleagues from Atlanta. Along with us have been a group of students, community members, staff members, and several teachers from Atlanta. We came to Albany, Georgia to explore the legacy of the Civil Rights movement…
Light a new torch
The people in this picture are why I do what I do. The first time I walked into the room several weeks ago to start working with this group of dads, what I noticed was how truly young they look. Too young for anyone to give up on them yet. There’s still so much life…
The Power of Being a Dad Who Reads to His Kids
A few weeks ago I signed up to start working with a mentoring group called Teen Dads. Its a program run by the county that I live in, and it supports young fathers 18 and under to develop the skills necessary to become better dads. Over the course of 4 workshops this month and next, I…
Reflecting on four years of parenting…
There was a moment yesterday either before or after my oldest daughter’s birthday party, where it hit my wife and I that we’ve been parents for now four years and counting. Four years doesn’t sound like a long time when you put it in perspective of the span of a lifetime. But, when we consider…
How to READ with Your Children
Fathers, I stumbled across this great resource earlier this morning as I was doing my own research for a workshop I’m presenting at next week. The topic of my upcoming workshop is Becoming an Educational Advocate for your child, and it’s for a group of young teen fathers in my community. In an effort to…
Making time to do things that matter
The things kids remember right? One day, when my oldest daughter Riley is older she’ll remember this day as when she first started to really learn how to ride a bike. And she’ll remember who was there by her side, literally and figuratively pushing her along until she was able to move on her own….
Who is raising our sons?
Yesterday, for those hidden under a rock, the President unveiled his latest initiative called My Brother’s Keeper. It amounts to what I believe to be a bold move by this administration to put a face on an issue that has long been the elephant in the room. While the initiative does take important steps towards supporting…
I am my brother’s keeper
There’s a great quote by James Baldwin which goes something like, to be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage. That about sums up how I’ve felt over the past few days post the most recent high profile trial of a white man murdering a young black boy. Last year I read…
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