In 1959 writer John Howard Griffin darkened his face, not to perform in a minstrel show or to imitate the dance moves of Michael Jackson, but to "cross the line into a country of hate, fear, and hopelessness" and gain some insight into the world of African Americans in the South.

The result was the journey recorded in "Black Like Me." The biggest revelation was to view white people from the outside and to experience the hateful gaze that confronted him when he changed nothing but the color of his skin. And to realize what racism did to the soul of America

Here is the latest video based on my reflections for “Blessed Among Us.” Thanks to @SheenCenter @litpress and @GiveUsThisDayLP Blessed Among Us: Sister Thea Bowman piped.video/rDmgMElJEAY via @YouTube

George Herbert d. March 1 1633 at the age of 40. After renouncing the path of worldly success to become an Anglican vicar of a tiny English parish he died 3 years later of consumption. A life of obscurity--except for the extraordinary ms. of poems he left behind.

In 261, with a terrible plague in Alexandria, the dead and dying were cast into the streets. Christians, who had been in hiding from persecution, emerged to care for the sick and bury the dead. For many this involved laying down their own lives. Recognized as martyrs of charity.

Takeaway from Michael Cohen: “Everybody’s job at the Trump Organization is to protect Mr. Trump. Every day most of us knew we were coming in and we were going to lie for him on something and that became the norm. And that’s exactly what’s happening right now in in this country.”