This week I'm back on Japanese for a bit. Kaizen, if you want to get technical about it, mostly refers to a business philosophy but I'm using it to suit my own purposes here: it means continuous improvement. 
 

February is observed as Black History Month. Carter G. Woodson of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASALH), created Negro History Week in February 1926, and Congress passed “National Black History Month” into law in 1986, to encourage all people to understand the black experience and their struggle for freedom. 

Welcome to Black History Month! We will be honoring this month in a number of ways. For starters -- in the pulpit on Sunday mornings, the topics this month will all have to do with Black History. For example, on February 20, I will be preaching about Howard Thurman. We will additionally have a "Did You Know" segment lasting 2-3 minutes each service.