top of page

INPURSUITOFSHALOM.COM
Search


Book Cover Reveal
My friend, Michelle Loyd-Paige, and I are so excited about this! Launching Fall 2021. Check out our publisher’s page for more...
mwilliamsshalom
Mar 6, 20211 min read


BHM2021 Black Poets: Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
Heritage BY COUNTEE CULLEN (For Harold Jackman) What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong...
mwilliamsshalom
Feb 19, 20213 min read
2020: The Year when Soap Operas Came to Life
My Aunt was a Young and the Restless fan. Aunt Geraldine babysat us for years. My sisters and cousins watched Y&R because she watched...
mwilliamsshalom
Aug 15, 20203 min read


Christ, The Leading Authority on Race Discussions – Not You
By Malachi Carter Today we welcome Malachi Carter to the pursuit! Malachi A+scribe Carter is a Far East Side Indy artist. He describes...
mwilliamsshalom
Jul 27, 20204 min read


Racism is like 10,000 Paper Cuts
by Carol F. Burton, CEO, Jeweld Legacy Group Today we welcome Guest Blogger, Carol F. Burton to the pursuit! She is the CEO of Jeweld...
mwilliamsshalom
Jul 6, 20203 min read


Help! Our Babies are Dying.
This is an article I wrote for CBE after a restless night. PLEASE SHARE with your circle of influence. THIS IS AN SOS call to all...
mwilliamsshalom
Jun 5, 20201 min read
Between Sisters: Listening, loving, and lessons from Ruth
My biological sister, Monica and her good friend Beth began a dramatized journey that they entitled “Between Sisters” about twenty years...
mwilliamsshalom
Feb 24, 20201 min read


The Sacred Art of Listening
As a Dean, a Diversity Professional, a Pastor, and a former Social Worker I’ve had my share of difficult conversations. In fact, I...
mwilliamsshalom
Oct 21, 20192 min read


Remember Her?
Remember Her? She is daddy’s little girl and her mom’s pride and joy. Her smile lit up the room and her laugh was contagious. Sometimes I...
mwilliamsshalom
Oct 14, 20191 min read


Monday Musings: Fences
Merriam-Webster’s defines a fence as “a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary”. In ancient civilizations,...
mwilliamsshalom
Sep 23, 20192 min read


Monday Musings: Practicing Vulnerability
A few weeks ago I did a pretty vulnerable thing. It was bucket list material. I shared something that I’d been sitting on for years!...
mwilliamsshalom
Aug 26, 20191 min read


Monday Musings: Help Somebody Cross
Recently, Tyler Perry was awarded the “Icon” award by BET. In his moving acceptance speech, he talked about “helping somebody cross”....
mwilliamsshalom
Jul 1, 20191 min read


Monday Musings: Drainy people
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Chances are you know a few people who drain the life out of you. These are the people you actively avoid....
mwilliamsshalom
Jun 17, 20191 min read


Monday Musings: EC-ism #1 #NoCasualties
My mother is a wise woman. She drops little nuggets and then walks away like she hasn’t just wrecked your entire world. We had one such...
mwilliamsshalom
Mar 18, 20191 min read


Monday Musings: People vs. Things
LOVE PEOPLE. Simple right. LOVE PEOPLE. Not money, not cars, not power, not houses, not land, not countries, not influence, not your...
mwilliamsshalom
Mar 4, 20191 min read


Black History Month Series: Living Legends
I met Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil at one of the most challenging times in my career. She was called in as a diversity consultant to help us...
mwilliamsshalom
Feb 14, 20193 min read


Black History Month Series: Living Legends
As a Diversity Professional, February was always an incredibly busy month. So much so that when I transitioned out of positions where...
mwilliamsshalom
Feb 7, 20192 min read


The Radical Courage of Rev. Dr. MLK Jr.
“Why radical reconciliation?” This was the question posed to me by one of my readers. The notion of reconciliation is ambitious enough,...
mwilliamsshalom
Jan 24, 20193 min read


How Do We Learn to Love Our Neighbors? A Lesson from my Mother
This article was first published in Contact Magazine: Gordon Conwell’s Ministry Magazine Fall 2017 edition By age 16, my family had moved...
mwilliamsshalom
Dec 31, 20183 min read
bottom of page