The Focus LBK Show

It seems that last Juneteenth, things were just as they are today. I do a “hotwash” of the 2025 Juneteenth Celebration. I talk about the responsibilities of freedom. I talk about the general order that freed the enslaved Africans in Texas on the original Juneteenth, and discuss how that and a book called “Barracoon” by Zora Neale Hurston sheds light on what freedom means. Focus LBK is a reader-sup...

Around a year ago, we did a podcast called “Aging Gracefully and Real Talk About Race, Violence and the Future”. When I was “ contemplating the work ” today, I realized that what we were covering a year ago is as relevant now as it was back then. Race and violence still scream from the headlines, but perhaps we need to say the Serenity Prayer. It’s not good to get fired up about stuff in the media...

This podcast was sparked by what I think was an excellent article on the true nature and uses of data centers that I found here on Substack. I don’t know who the author actually is, but their understanding of this issue matches my own. This article defines data centers, and talks about the apparent intent behind this rapid, seemingly inexorable rollout we are seeing. The people who back data cente...

Once again, we have a contentious two-sided issue: should Lubbock have a hyper-scale data center built nearby, or should it not? On one side, there seems to be aligned a powerful group of billionaires and tech bros. On the other side, regular people of every political persuasion, class, race, and religion stand together. Very few regular citizens seem to be in favor of these resource-hungry behemo...

Is all this craziness a run up to a huge war? I’ve long felt that the whole reason Trump was allowed to come back from felonies, impeachment, attacks by the intel “community” and however many “assassination attempts” there have been, is becuase he was being marked for a purpose. And I don’t mean “called according to God’s purpose”. The people calling the tune for him appear to reside here on Earth...

LBK-based acrylic painter Elyse Arnold joined us in studio today to talk about a wide range of topics all based around the motivation, ability and job of creating meaningful art. We touch on influences, styles, techniques and even deeper subjects like using art and your personal style in a way that helps combat and drive away darkness. Check out our previous article on Arnold’s Exhibit “The Celest...

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Today Steve Taylor, manager of Kingdom Towers Transitional Housing, stopped by the studio. We “chopped it up” about all kinds of interesting stuff including the belief that politics and media are often stage-managed productions. From Trump completely abandoning his base by starting a bunch of crazy wars, to questionable assassination attempts, and covid, most things seem to be orchestrated for rea...

If you’re like me, you are totally against these Data Centers popping up everywhere. They seem to be infinite drains for natural resources. Funny how I don’t hear any climate activists loudly screaming about this, or blocking roads to prevent them from being built. In case you missed it, the City Council recently shut down plans for a data center in North East Lubbock. Somehow, I feel like that pr...

As Jesus once said: “ Render unto Caesar ”. So, first things first: Pay Your Taxes! But also acknowledge that it’s shocking to have to pay taxes. I think the reason for that is because deep down we all know taxation is theft. Think back to how you reacted when you got your first ever paycheck, and it wasn’t the amount that you agreed to work for. You were shocked because it felt like someone took...

Mayoral candidate Stephen Sanders spoke to us about a wide variety of topics today, including why he chose to run for the top office in the city right off the bat, and how he plans to modernize and reinvigorate Lubbock. We also touched on how his political philosophy has changed over the years, and his views on data centers and dangerous dogs. We barely scratched the surface of some of things we w...

Everyone nowadays knows what it feels like to be busy. Between family, work, and your side hustle, there is hardly anytime to have a little rest and relaxation. But even God rested on the seventh day, so it sure seems like we should too. I wonder why God tells us to See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath , therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every ma...

My brother Khambrel asked me a few years ago had I noticed how it is totally cool for a middle-aged white guy to be a singer songwriter, yet a middle aged black guy would be utterly frowned on and mocked for being a hip hop artist. We’ve had many discussions on the subject, and I was reminded of them today when I was prepping for an upcoming project. Check out some of the conclusions I reached whi...

You may have already heard, but if you haven’t, prepare yourself. Mrs. Billie Caviel has passed away. Sadly, although we spoke to her a few times while we were Out and About , we never got a chance to speak in-depth with her. We missed the chance to bond with a woman, who as I understand it, co-owned and operated, with her husband Alfred, the first African-American husband-and-wife pharmacy in the...

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means “to serve”. More specifically, what does it mean to “Serve God"? Right on cue, I found an article here on “The Stack” that really got me going down a path. Dr. Roger Mcfillin, wrote on “Radically Genuine”: Most of us think of service as what we do. The job we perform. The help we offer. The roles we fill. Nurse. Teacher. Mother. Father. Doctor. We measu...

Last Saturday, 28 February 2026, we were honored to speak at the Patterson Library on the topic of “The Power Of Local Media”. We illustrate our topic with little known facts about immigration and the George Floyd case. Sources and Methods: The Fall of Minneapolis Film The Real Timeline A Show from 2021 on the George Floyd Incident. Covers autopsy, video, etc. https://rumble.com/ve36yl-the-north-s...

We were joined in studio by Lisa Sheek, and Adam Canales of Aspen Creek Grill. Lisa is the Director of Community Outreach & Family Liaison at the Condra School for Dyslexia Success. She explains how up to 20% of the population may suffer from dyslexia. Even more shocking is that reading difficulties are likely one of the main factors that determine if a child enters the so-called “School-to-Prison...

What’s good LBK? Hope all is well. Join us in studio as Stuart Williams, candidate for Lubbock County Democrat Party Chair, keeps it “a buck 150” regarding what the local Democrats need to do to gain traction in Lubbock and on the South Plains. We get into his political platform, the true state of the local Democrat Party, and the ongoing effort to bring one of those huge Artificial Intelligence D...

This show is about how we at FocusLBK feel called to be “digital griots”, as the title indicates. However, on a deeper level, it’s about being careful what we focus on. The things we focus on eventually consume our power, time and effort. So, it’s important to be mindful of where we place our attention. Plus, the City of Lubbock Honors East Lubbock Photographer Eugene Roquemore, whose 30 years of...

A friend of mine who is a servant leader in the community has told me on more than one occasion that we used to have Black History Bowls right here in Lubbock Public Schools. She said that stopped having those events because the white kids kept beating the kids from black schools. Turns out, our own kids don’t seem to know much black history. Maybe it’s the way we teach it that drives people away?...

All of the conditions necessary to cause death and destruction in the streets have been engineered by the national Democrat Party. What we are seeing in places like Minnesota is the result of a political strategy designed to produce martyrs. Sources and Methods I think this is the original video: Here’s CNN saying how good ICE was for rounding up illegal aliens under President Obama: Tom Homan’s A...

The morning of 19 January 2026 was quite chilly; hovering near 3o degrees; who knows what it was if you factored in wind chill. Nonetheless, people volunteered on behalf of a multitude of organizations from across the community. We stayed busy darting from site-to-site speaking with our neighbors and capturing footage and photos, as is our calling. It was cold but well worth it to get out move amo...

Does it ever feel like all this negativity is contrived? How is it they always catch inflammatory stuff on camera and throw it on all the airwaves out there so you can’t help but see it? Yet, they never catch on camera and amplify the stuff we wish they would catch! I think political parties are used by the so-called ruling class use to generate friction so they can herd people into competing “fac...

We talk about some changes in the format of the show coming up for 2026. We will still produce the articles, photos and videos you love, but the podcast will be changing. We’ll tell you all about it, plus we get into how writing by hand in cursive seems to have positively affected the way I think. This ties into something that has changed in school curriculums, and we wonder if it was a done for a...

2025 saw many milestones and positive events take place in Lubbock. It also featured a few dark spots. Join us as we look back over the past year, and savor various inflection points. We would like to thank you for giving us access and attention. As 2025 closes out, we take this opportunity to get our last bit of rest and recuperation in. May we all experience higher levels of excellence, growth,...