A Day In The Life

A window into the Life and Times of Roosevelt Wright, Jr.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I gave her $100 and expected change back!

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A hundred dollar bill doesn't go very far I haven't shopped in a grocery store in quite some time. Usually, I get one item or two an...
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Dr. Laura used the N-Word, but don't some of us use it too?

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Is there a double standard when it comes to the N-word? Is it O.K. for blacks to use it to describe themselves in derogatory ways but not O....
Thursday, August 12, 2010

She wanted Pampers not real diapers. What's the difference?

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A young lady asked me for a donation to help buy pampers for her small children. She was poor, a single parent, with no income and getting p...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Do you remember your worse whipping?

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Do you remember your worse whipping? I'll never forget mine. As a youth I was spanked, paddled, and whipped on many occasions. I was a v...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Posession of crack won't get you five years anymore

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A new law removes the mandatory five year sentence for possession of crack. Yesterday, President Obama signed a law that changes the way the...
Monday, August 02, 2010

You can't keep silent, unless you speak up

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The Supreme court has ruled: You can't keep silent unless you speak up It's been an understood rule for about 25 years, if you are a...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

He had life assurance but no insurance

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He had no burial insurance but plenty of life assurance. A prominent churchman will be buried this week, thanks to help from friends who hav...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

I saw the movie Invictus, then remembered the last four lines of the poem

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I watched Invictus; it was extremely powerful I'm considerably late, but I watched the movie "Invictus" last night. It was a v...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

They knew her, but fired her just like that

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They knew her, but fired her just like that It's a bad feeling when the people who know you best, believe the first thing they hear with...
Monday, July 19, 2010

He lived in the pulpit, he died in the pulpit

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He lived in the pulpit, he died the way he lived! Friday night, The Reverend David Brown, Jr. died. The Reverend Brown was the pastor pastor...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Everybody is praying for everything; does God get spam?

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Too much Spam in my inbox; does God get Spam? I get plenty of email everyday either from business, church or personal connections. I also ge...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Why do we take pictures of ourselves with our cellphones?

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New trend: Taking a picture of yourself with your cellphone. Have you paid any attention to the grown number of self portraits appearing on ...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

She was the bad driver, but he got the ticket

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She did wrong, he got the ticket; a case of injustice. Have you ever been the victim of an unjust decision? Most of us have. It's not a ...
Friday, July 09, 2010

So, Lebron made up his mind, so what about us?

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Lebron made up his mind, we must decide things, too! The nation waited anxiously last night for basketball star Lebron James to announce whe...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

They named me the barbecue king? Even I laughed!

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They named me King of the Pit. Me, the barbecue king? Ha, Ha! Sunday, our church celebrated the 4th of July with a worship service followed ...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

She believes in God but not in a personal way.

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She believes in God but not in a personal way. I recently shared with a brilliant young lady who is going places in life. She obeys the law,...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Would you pay your enemies to you allow you to fight them? That's what we are doing!

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Are we paying our enemies to let us fight them? A surprising report in the Wall Street Journal this week noted that $3 billion in cash money...
Monday, June 28, 2010

A man with three birthdays, really four

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I'm a man with three birthdays, really four! I celebrate three birthdays. My father told me that my birthday is June 22nd. My driver...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

The Boogie Man didn't get me although they said he would

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I was afraid of the Boogie Man; he never showed up. My father's home was next to the cemetery. I slept in the back room only about 15...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Are Boy Scouts crooked because they desire to be straight?

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Are scouts bad because they are straight? In recent years the Boy Scouts of America have been shunned by many people in the nation because i...
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Roosevelt Wright, Jr.
As a husband, father, pastor, newspaper publisher, writer, and social activist, I have experienced life from many perspectives in nearly three-quarters of a century of life.
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