September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.--from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001

At its most dynamic, faith evolves into powerful applicable knowledge.

The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.

All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.

Hope drowned in shadows emerges fiercely splendid–– boldly angelic.

Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.

The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.