by Michael | Aug 16, 2016 | Miscellaneous
I love what this trailer represents, communicates, and says and how it is itself a portrayal of what the Black Harvest Film Festival is about. Learn more about what’s being shown at the Festival this year by clicking here to visit the Siskel Center’s...
by Michael | Apr 8, 2016 | Faith-Related, Miscellaneous, Quotes, Reading
I’m posting quotes as we go through the fuzzy zone of being new parents again in these next days. This quote comes from Howard Thurman (Deep is the Hunger, 97): If I have slandered, I must call it slander; if I have accused falsely, I must call it...
by Michael | Apr 7, 2016 | Miscellaneous, Relationships
I’m re-posting this as a reminder on the day after my second son’s originally given due date. It’s a reminder as I become a dad all over again in some ways. In no particular order: People die everyday but I want you to live a long, full, gorgeous...
by Michael | Mar 22, 2016 | Miscellaneous, Reading
I wrote this four years ago and came back to it in my draft folder. The storage unit is not ours anymore since we’ve moved, but the sentiment in this post remains. The other day I spent a few hours rummaging through old things. I went into our basement storage...
by Michael | Mar 12, 2016 | Miscellaneous
I was talking with my big brother, Patrick Winfield, weeks ago. I had been on his heart and he followed the rule that when somebody is on your heart for a couple days, you call. Among our words was this notion of our uniqueness. We talked about personality. Winfield...
by Michael | Feb 18, 2016 | Faith-Related, Miscellaneous
I wrote this three years ago, and never published it. Not sure why I came back to it, but I’ll put this out there for what it’s worth. I’m not a business starter. I’m a pastor with opinions. I like telling people what to do, and it really is a...
