by Stephen Tillett | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog
What Comes Next? In my experience, some of the worst decisions in life happen when, before making a decision, a person does not ask themselves the question, “What comes next?” When contemplating an action, especially if the action is emanating from some strong emotion...
by ctdadmin | Apr 25, 2024 | Blog
Over the past few months, I have had heart-rending conversations with some of my Jewish friends and Muslim friends. Each of them is zealously making the case for why their community has been wronged. Sadly, among those closest to the conflict who live in...
by Stephen Tillett | Jul 4, 2023 | Blog
Some legal analysts have assessed our current Supreme Court as being “the most conservative Supreme Court since the 1930s.” The first question that needs to be asked is, “Who among us would want a return to the status that they and their people endured in the United...
by Stephen Tillett | May 30, 2023 | Blog
One of the advantages of living in an open society like the United States is that it has become home to people from all over the world. Their experiences and histories become a part of us. Right now, many of those people are sounding the alarm and warning us that...
by Stephen Tillett | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog
Suppressing Unaffiliated Voters On July 19, I went to the polls to fulfill my civic duty and cast my vote in the Primary election. As an Unaffiliated voter, I knew that I would not be able to cast a vote in either the Democratic or Republican primaries. However, I...
by Stephen Tillett | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog
The Electoral College or the USA, We Cannot Keep Both The myriad alleged “problems” we are having with elections in our country can be distilled down to two words: Electoral College. In no other country in the world can one candidate win by millions of legitimate...
by Stephen Tillett | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
COVID One Year Later I have been a pastor for 31 years. It was always customary for me to visit my members when they were sick or transitioning to death. I would also visit with families after loved ones passed away to plan for their homegoing services. These and...
by Stephen Tillett | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
A Letter to My Daughter: “From the Promise to the Precipice” I was asked to consider writing a letter to my eight-year old daughter on the eve of the inauguration of our first female vice president, Senator Kamala Harris. Originally, I had imagined focusing on the...
by Stephen Tillett | Jan 5, 2021 | Blog
One of the brothers from our community, who I respect, has been asking me repeatedly over the past 4 ½ years why more people, especially leaders in the church, have not been calling out Donald Trump (#TheLoser) for the many levels of nonsense he has subjected the...
by Stephen Tillett | Dec 28, 2020 | Blog
In most election years, Monday, December 14th would have passed without anything more than a brief observation about the quaint constitutional requirement of electors gathering in state capitals around the country to cast their electoral votes for the winner of the...
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