Some members of the minority have personally risen above the fray and been assisted over the wall and through the maze to a better life, but some individuals have been hindered in their personal and social progress. Some of the roadblocks have been within conservative politics, the religious community, inside community leadership, and sometimes within the minority itself. Some said Sunday morning was the most segregated hour of the week in America. Perhaps this is true, but is it by coercion or choice? When social integration works in education, housing, and the work place, why is Sunday...

In ancient Babylon, the enemies of the Prophet Daniel spent fifty years trying to dig up some dirt on him without success. We don't have to work so hard to find flaws in our public figures today. These are dark times where our political elite are filled with dishonesty and corruption. They consider themselves above the law. Sitting in lifetime appointments given them by an ignorant and apathetic populace, they are no longer examples of statesmanship and integrity, but accomplished scoundrels trying not to get caught. They are driving our nation over a cliff. How did we get to such a low...

Foreword I must have already been fifteen or sixteen by the time I was first confronted by J. D. Salinger's story "Franny," whose setting is over lunch with a boyfriend, Lane, prior to his presumably Ivy League mater's football game against Yale. When she returns to their table after recovering from an episode of dizziness and nausea, he questions her about the small book she has been carrying. She nonchalantly responds that it is titled The Way of a Pilgrim, the story of how a Russian wanderer learns the power of "praying without ceasing." The prayer in play is "The Jesus Prayer," the mantra...