Life with Uncle Rev

Plain and simple, we can't be everything to everyone.

In this segment of On My Mind , I offer some personal reflections on what I believe is the hard, heart work within the Lenten season.

In the words of wide receiver Tyson Schilling, "Bet on yourself."

In my first 'Conversations' segment, I sit down with the founder of Justin Fox Media, Justin Fox, to discuss his satirical game 'Black Simulator'. Fox not only dives into how the game brings attention to life in the Black community, but also how he wants to provide perspective toward being a Black man in today's times without submitting to the narrative of what he calls being "tragically black". H...

For this last week of Friends of February , we’ll be looking at Walter Rauschenbusch and his ideas toward Christian ethics and social justice.

Answer adversity with maturity.

In this segment of On My Mind , I dive into what I've been doing to reconcile my current season of singleness. While this segment's primarily geared toward those who are single and have that desire to be with a partner, there's still something here for any and everyone to consider doing.

For this week's edition of Learn, Live, Laugh , we'll be exploring German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and his concepts toward discipleship.

“Are you willing to sprint when the distance is unknown?” - Georgia Tech strength and conditioning coach, Lewis Caralla

Known as the founder of black liberation theology, Professor James H. Cone was the Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. He was also an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Some of his most well-known works include The Cross and the Lynching Tree (2012), God of the Oppressed (1975), A Black Theology of Liberatio...

Talk with your emotions and choose to do something with them versus dwelling upon them.

Ever since my heart attack last year, death is something I think about more often. More specifically, I think about my own death on a semi-regular basis. In this segment of On My Mind, I offer some thoughts to the following question: Why think about dying when you're alive?

Born in 1820 in rural south-east New York, Fanny Crosby is incredibly well-known for being a prolific hymnist who wrote more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, including Blessed Assurance, All the Way My Saviour Leads Me, Praise Him, Praise Him, To God Be the Glory, and Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross. What’s even more prolific is the fact that she wrote hymns and songs while being blind after losing...

“Merely complaining without proposing an alternative offers nothing.” - Jacque Fresco

Where in your life could you simplify things?

If you're like me, do you ever wonder why you overthink and analyze even the smallest of things? In this segment, I offer some reflections toward this question.

Continuing with our theme of "Foundations" for the month, this week we turn to Psalm 1 and the ways in which we're being like a tree, as well as where our roots are at.

Be mindful to one’s life disposition. We don’t know what they’re going through and experiencing.

The official trailer to "Life With Reverend Gains".

Based off of 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, who and/or what are we building our foundation upon? Formerly known as 'Inward/Outward,' 'Learn, Live, Laugh' is based off of  my Wednesday evening youth group sessions. While this segment is  primarily geared toward middle and high-school youth, it's also welcome  to any and all folks.

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” - Malcolm Gladwell

Reflecting on the absence of my father, I offer some thoughts on the need for parental involvement and affirmation.

Based off of Matthew 7:24-27, who and/or what does our foundation for life look like? In what ways are we being hearers and doers of the Word? Formerly known as 'Inward/Outward,' 'Learn, Live, Laugh' is based off of my Wednesday evening youth group sessions. While this segment is primarily geared toward middle and high-school youth, it's also welcome to any and all folks.

Today is the day to put in work. Not tomorrow, not next week- today.

How are you learning from yesterday and getting better today?