The Bill Cosby Event: The Black Church and The Black Family
“ The Black Church and the Black Family”Delivered at The Bill Cosby Event, Wayne County Community College, January 13, 2005 Rev. Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III To Dr. Bill Cosby, our leader and one who has inspired millions over the years through his outstanding gifts and contributions to education and the family and gathered members of this community. Thank you for this [...]
Read more →Beyond Religious Persecution in an Age of Intolerance
Delivered on the Lord’s Day | August 15, 2010 Micah 6:6-8 | Luke 4:16-19 The recent uproar about the proposal to build a new mosque known as Cordoba House near the former site of the twin towers in New York City has given me pause about the nature of religious tolerance in our nation. The [...]
Read more →Bridging the Gap
Delivered at the United Methodist Men’s Prayer Breakfast. January 9, 2010 A Jewish street preacher exiled to Babylon issues the poignant admonition; a cry of desperation to the people of Israel. “I looked for a man who would stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to [...]
Read more →If You Want Peace, Work for Justice.
Delivered on Peace with Justice Sunday | June 7, 2009 Psalm 34:1-14 (11-14) Isaiah 58:6-12 (6-9) Matthew 5:9 On this Peace with Justice Sunday, we begin by asking are you pursuing peace and justice? Are you a peaceful and just person? Are you a willing advocate for peace in our world? Do you promote peace [...]
Read more →Telling Our Stories: Towards the True Meaning of Diversity, Equality and Excellence in American Society
Diverse Voices Conference on Exploring the Relationship Between Diversity, Equity and Excellence, Oakland University, March 28, 2009, Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III I want to thank Dr. Chandra Scott and members of the Diverse Voices Conference Committee for giving me the opportunity to speak to you today to speak on a subject very close to my [...]
Read more →Judges, Households and the Law in Ancient Israel
1250-587 BCE Delivered on the Lord’s Day “Honoring our Judges Day.” | February 11, 2009 Judges 2: 6-23 Two scriptures are important for our hearing today. Judges 17:6 says that in “those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.” Judges 2:16 which says, “God raised up judges who saved them.” They were [...]
Read more →Making Peace in a World of Violence
”Making Peace in a World of Violence.”Delivered at the Making Peace in the Arenas of Violence Conference, The Board of Church and Society, The United Methodist Church, Lansing, Michigan, March 30, 2002 Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9 “Peace is a daily, [...]
Read more →Martin Luther King Jr as Modern Prophet: Some Similarities with the Ancient Prophets of Israel.
Delivered at the Martin Luther King Jr Celebration at Temple Israel, January 16, 2009 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall [...]
Read more →Approaching 100 Years…NAACP And the Beat Goes On.
Delivered at the Western Wayne County Branch NAACP Inkster, Michigan, October 26, 2008, Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III I want to thank co-chairpersons Edna Parker, Aaron Sims and Carl Johnson, Community Coordinator Vivian Holifield, branch President Lucille Flint Johnson, and members and friends of the Western Wayne County Branch of the NAACP for extending the invitation [...]
Read more →Racial and Ethnic Conflicts: Reconciling Differences and Healing Divisions
MCHR Forum on Race Relations, May 22, 2008 Historically speaking, the racial and ethnic divisions that have existed in American society have not only created deep-seated envy and hatred among certain racial and ethnic groups but have always served the best interests of those who profit from those divisions. It is true that the histories [...]
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