Martha and I went back to the Front Porch to continue our conversation about discernment. We are struggling with this topic because as we strive and pray for discernment, we want to see other do the same for the sake of being on the same accord. What methods do you use to pass on experiences, with younger people (to include younger adults), that triggers them to be aware of what's happening around them and directly? Share your thoughts.
Last evening, on 12 October 2025, Martha and I returned to the "Front Porch" to continue our series on What Do You Teach Your Children. We decided to delve into the elusive conversation about discernment. Do you keep yourselves in practice of discerning what is happening around you? Have you forgotten how to respond to situations that affect you and or others? Do you teach your young ones how to discern? Do you prepare them to assess and know how to approach situations? Let Martha and I know what you are thinking.
Martha and I returned to the Front Porch, again, to discuss this important and broad topic. We are learning, along the way, as we speak to our listeners and examine our own thoughts about What Do We Teach Our Children. On 28 September 2025, we continued to share responses from listeners. We focused most of our attention on the art or responsibility of teaching discipline. We want to know your thoughts on this important topic and series. Again, thank you for your support.
Martha and I went out on the front porch to continue this serious conversation because we love our young people and want everything that is good for them. We appreciate the comments that we have received from our listeners. This episode makes an attempt to separate the difference between independence of our time and independence of what seems to be modern day. Martha and I hope this series on What Do You Teach Your Children is creating personal thoughts and or discussions.
On Sunday evening, 14 September 2025, Martha and I returned to the front porch to continue our conversation about What Do You Teach Your Children. We realized, following the end of the first conversation, that we want to explore the conversation/subject more. We started the conversation by reading a comment submitted to us by Renee Goodman. Renee stated that her perspective went from simple to complex. What do you think about the topic?
I asked Martha to support me in addressing this topic because the answers have to do with taught behavior from parents and others in the child's or children's social environment. Here's the deal - racism and hatred still exist. It continues from generation to generation. Some people hide behind religion and love to minimize their behaviors, but what is usually misconstrued is that one can love hatred. Hateful organizations exist because they teach generations to love hatred.
This is our first episode, on this topic, and we will allow God to lead us in this assessment and to provide us with the spiritual discernment to leave us all with something "real" to consider.
Martha and I wanted to revisit the previous episode, on this topic, to further expound on our thoughts that our societies are divided between apathy and empathy. There is something going on, other than the juxtaposition that God blessed or cursed a group of people to be at the top and another to be at the bottom. There is a mental belief, by those groups, that they should occupy and own their status of privilege based on either apathy and empathy.
This episode/discussion came about from a discussion Martha and I were having about a race of people have consistently conquered and destroyed everything and every place they have encountered. We eventually labeled that group as apathetic. We then applied the same thought to people with other DNA and traits that seem to make them habitually empathetic. As we continued to consider the thought, we began to hypothesize that those individuals who lean towards the DNA and traits of apathy, they are happy to hurt others and to even wish for the privilege of exercising hatred. The other group, with certain DNA traits, seem to expect the most hateful people to become a Saul to Paul experience. Let's listen to Martha and how she explains this thought.
Occasionally, Martha and I come together to just enjoy conversations on the front porch. During this episode, we talked about the challenges of migrating and adjusting to new cities and states. What roles do affluence and low income play in people or families surviving? We also talked about the importance of family gatherings.
Let us know your thoughts.
Martha and I are taking a stab at challenging our listeners to consider how colonizers, scholars, and every other group of people misrepresented the intelligence of our African Ancestors who were aboard the slave ships. What were you taught to believe about the Africans onboard slave ships?
After a week layoff, Martha and I returned to the microphone to discuss our views about Juneteenth. We went out on the front porch to speak freely on the topic and to end the conversation with measurable goals. We asked ourselves many questions like: How do we get money to circulate within our communities? How do we commit ourselves to the elderly members in our communities? How do we move from devaluing ourselves to valuing what we are able to accomplish?
What are your thoughts? What goals are you and or your organization(s) willing to do to improve your community that you can report on during our next observance of Juneteenth?
This is part two of what might become a short series of discussions about the importance of being on the same accord. The first episode explored the basic premise that we must be on the same accord. This episode explores why we should, but do we even care? Give us your thoughts. Martha and I truly believe in what we are doing. We are leaving a legacy for the present and future generations.
I chose this title because I have been fortunate enough to have joined a group of diverse individuals to discuss African American History. Johnnie Warner is the leader of the group. He is very proactive in getting people to know factual history of African Americans in Columbus, Georgia. Since I have had the opportunity to share my thoughts, during his discussions, it has hit me that in order for the group and me to grow, we would have to agree to be on the same accord about how we present our history. We must be willing to hear what we don't want to hear, repeatedly, and be on that same accord.
Martha and I returned to the front porch to discuss the negative impact of being or acting shy. When growing up, I used to hear friends use the term as if was a complimentary thing to say, but what it did was deprive themselves of sharing or receiving information. We can't afford to lose family connections because of certain situations, like stating that your family is private - because it affects the closeness of future generations. As a group of people, we are already distant and lack trust without having pride in being shy or private. What are your thoughts?
Martha and I returned to the front porch to pay tribute to the generations of mothers who have nourished, sacrificed, endured, gave life, and everything else out of love. We acknowledged our respective mothers, children, relatives, friends, and all ancestral mothers whom we search for through genealogy. Happy Mother's Day to all of your relatives.
Tonight, Kenya and I went out on the front porch to Analyze how the actions of the president are creating distractions that are possibly keeping our eyes off of the prize progress and equality. We missed not having Martha available. How do you see the distractions?
We lose a lot of time evaluating and assessing where we are in the present and how we expect to be in the future. After having a conversation with Mr. Trenton Thompson (20 years old) last week, I saw myself in a mirror. Mr. Trenton approached me and asked, "Sir, what advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?" Then my son introduced me to the president of Burkino Faso, Ibrahim Traore'.
A homage to all the good things Easter brought to us in addition to bunnies and eggs
Kenya is celebrating her birthday, so Martha and I decided to go out on the front porch. Our goal was to recognize our incredible young people who are doing great things and pursuing their dreams. When we, as adults, are given the opportunity to talk to young people are we dropping the right seeds of knowledge? That is what Martha attempted to do tonight and what we did, yesterday, with two of our respective young relatives. If you see a young person doing great things, tell them and pray for their protection. We have to keep our eyes on the prize of the Promised Land. The Promised Land is a metaphor for achieving the equality that was promised per the Declaration of Independence.
It is great having Martha and Kenya back, as a team, to discuss another impromptu discussion that is impactful within the African American community. This is not to say that these issues only belong to African Americans, but the impact of slavery, forced migrations, lynchings, abductions, name changes, and more are isolated events that have had the greatest impact on the unity of African American families within the United States and other people of African descent throughout the Diaspora. As a family genealogist and lover of family, I am always assessing how deep is our love for searching for and reuniting families. What are your thoughts? How do you assess this topic?
