Aaron

Aaron

A husband and daddy, born, raised, educated & employed in #RVA. Director of Programming @1stThings1stRVA. Making the most of life in Our City. Views my own.

The New Y2K

I recently started using the “Do Not Disturb” feature on my iPhone. At 10:00 PM, it turns on. At 7:00 AM, it turns off. I told the people who need to know how they can reach me in the middle…

Giving Yourself an Edge

I’m thinking a lot at the beginning of this year about what the year will hold, and where God will lead us over the next 365 days (well, 363.5 now). Michael Hyatt just posted this article about things he has…

Color.

David Singh, Pastor, Eternity Church

Our understanding of color is so ingrained in our culture that we forget that there are others out there. – Rev. David Singh, Eternity Church

You Are Privileged.

Uncle Sam pointing finger

You are privileged if you had many books in your home as a child. You are privileged if most of the other children you went to school with looked like you. You are privileged if you have never been told…

Let’s Talk About Race

flashback

Bigler ran a study in which children read brief biographies of famous African-Americans. For instance, in a biography of Jackie Robinson, they read that he was the first African-American in the major leagues. But only half read about how he’d…