by Neo Blaqness | June 29, 2014 | Family, Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | July 4, 2011 | Ask Neo, Thanks Neo | 0 Comments

Neo, people might want to say you crazy but you been this deep the whole part of life I have known you. You always were the one to go head first into learning and then the first one to notice when something not quite right when everybody else wanted you to shut up. I’m glad you never shut up. I’m alive today because you never shut up.

by Neo Blaqness | January 26, 2010 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | June 12, 2013 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

It seemed to me that unless you were straight off the boat and black, any attempt at a self-identity apart from what was bred into you was ridiculed and seen as a threat with even black families getting upset when their sons and daughters dropped their white “Christian” name when joining the Nation of Islam or radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh clowned Kwanzaa as a “made up holiday” as though the descendants of former slaves have no right to the dignity of restoring their own heritage as best they can.

by Neo Blaqness | June 17, 2013 | Family, Fatherhood Stories | 0 Comments

IN HONOR OF THIS PAST FATHER’S DAY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW THOUGHTS. THERE ARE NO PERFECT PEOPLE THEREFORE THERE ARE NO PERFECT PARENTS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE BENEFIT OF A FATHER, I THINK WE NEED TO SHARE THOSE EXPERIENCES. THIS POST IS FROM MY MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD

by Neo Blaqness | April 15, 2013 | Observations, Reflections | 0 Comments

So many try to love like the magic of dandelion wish- impatient to wait for the winds, instead blowing our seeds across barren landscapes hoping that love will take root in a place where it is out of season.

by Neo Blaqness | November 3, 2013 | Observations, Reflections | 0 Comments

you have heard me say over and over again that the church is WHO WE ARE and not no preacher or building. The church is the fellowship we share even in a place like this. The church is ANYWHERE we choose to be used by God.

by Neo Blaqness | May 30, 2014 | Ask Neo, Personal, Reflections, Thanks Neo | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | May 1, 2012 | Articles | 0 Comments

Khair never forgot the lessons of his early childhood and wanted to share those lessons with a people he believes have forgotten where they came from. His biography “From Freddie to Freedom” is not just about his life, but a look into the journey that many African Americans still struggle through today.

by Neo Blaqness | June 9, 2013 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | July 23, 2013 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

In an emotional battle, no one ever wins. The problem with being drunk with emotion is you seldom can recall what you actually said and how you said it. You only hear what you meant to say in your head and you don’t understand why someone is responding like you said something wrong.

by Neo Blaqness | January 27, 2014 | Ask Neo, Thanks Neo | 0 Comments

You know sometimes when you got a deep problem it hard to want to go talk to somebody in church because all they want to do is give you a Bible verse and pray and then you feel stupid like they perfect and something must be wrong with you.

by Neo Blaqness | August 2, 2013 | Observations, Reflections | 0 Comments

It is, perhaps, the noblest character of man, that we should continue to desire to share love despite our abuse of the same when we receive it. In this we are indeed the proverbial fallen fruits of our father tho not so far from the tree in that we continue to share our love for the very same reasons that we yet live.

by Neo Blaqness | May 25, 2014 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | August 19, 2013 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

People often ask me what is it that I find so appealing about autumn? Is it the color of the leaves? The briskness of the air? The grey cloudy skies? The coming of the winter snow?

by Neo Blaqness | July 5, 2013 | Observations, Reflections | 0 Comments

There is a scripture that essentially says that you never know when you might be entertaining angels unaware. Here’s a wake up call people. That does include FALLEN angels…

by Neo Blaqness | October 15, 2013 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

When there is always somebody online who will lie to you and tell you that you are right just to get in your pants, the relationship in front of you doesn’t stand a chance. In the absence of real mothers and fathers, the conscience of relationships has now reached a the new low of whatever the friends list thinks.

by Neo Blaqness | June 2, 2013 | Faith Matters | 0 Comments

All in a single instant, I felt the tension in the air. The group of older black males I was fronting for almost lost their steps. The camera crews filming the show zoomed in. I saw the nervous glint of the show producer. Everyone was waiting. Waiting for what I was going to do.

by Neo Blaqness | May 29, 2013 | Observations, Reflections | 0 Comments

With the Internet and digital cameras and camera phones the reputation you get right now will follow you til you die and then still live on with your kids and grandkids.

by Neo Blaqness | April 4, 2014 | Faith Matters | 0 Comments

Nobody expects perfection of anyone they meet. What most of us look for is balance- someone who comes to us and doesn’t take us off balance by the weight of their world.

by Neo Blaqness | May 1, 2012 | Articles | 0 Comments

And so for an African American, whether Christian or Muslim- opening a business is not as cut and dry as writing a business plan and dreaming of the riches to come. For those from families with ties back to slavery and the old south, a business is about a community, about a legacy, and about a promise.

by Neo Blaqness | October 23, 2009 | Observations, Reflections | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | September 22, 2013 | Personal, Reflections | 0 Comments

by Neo Blaqness | July 23, 2013 | Family, Fatherhood Stories | 0 Comments

Not one for wanting to settle for eating prepackaged food, I learned to cook. I experimented with all the things I liked that she used to cook and I took every opportunity to watch my grandmother who I also visited each weekend with my father.

by Neo Blaqness | May 29, 2013 | Family, Fatherhood Stories | 0 Comments

At this point I am wheezing and sucking for air. By the next corner I am wondering if I will ever see my son again. The cold was freezing my lungs and everything looked white but I kept running toward the laughter of this child who is having the time of his life. As they turn the final corner ahead of me I am praying that they stopped.