In a previous reflection, we unmasked the myth of “Black fatigue” and highlighted the reality that Black people in America have long endured exhaustion from white supremacy and systemic oppression. Today, I want to turn our attention to a different but equally pressing matter: what I call ghetto fatigue. Let me be clear from the outset, this is not about race. Ghetto fatigue is not about being Black, white, Latino, or Asian. It’s about a mindset and a culture of behavior that
Let me ask you a serious question: does satan have you hooked? The Bible says, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein” (Psalm 24:1). And again, “The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath He given to the children of men” (Psalm 115:16). From the beginning, the earth belonged to God and He entrusted it to humanity. But in our disobedience, sin entered the world, and through that rebellion we surrendered