by Chris Smith | Jul 7, 2021 | Opinion
To say that this past year and a half has been a challenge is an understatement. As a parent, I watched as our middle son faced the challenge and disappointment of having to relocate back home from Boston after the much-anticipated experience of doing his master’s...
by Chris Smith | Jun 17, 2021 | Opinion
A local media outlet invited me to write a “letter to the ancestors,” in commemoration of Juneteenth. In the letter, I was asked to thank the ancestors for all that they gave in the hope that we would one day experience the freedoms and opportunities afforded others...
by Chris Smith | Mar 17, 2021 | Opinion
Lee Daniel’s “The Butler” was the featured film on a recent family movie night. The main character, Cecil Gaines (played by Forest Whitaker), is the son of a sharecropper in the 1920s. Although technically “free,” the film depicts the tenuous situation Black people...
by Chris Smith | Oct 14, 2020 | Opinion
Challenging, strange and painful. These are accurate descriptors of 2020. To date, over 210,000 people in the United States have succumbed to COVID-19. The economic avalanche prompted by the pandemic has devastated many small businesses and individuals. Families have...
by Chris Smith | Jun 16, 2020 | Opinion
Matthew 23:23 offers a glimpse of Jesus’ righteous indignation regarding injustice. “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices – mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law –...
