Jesse Lee Peterson led BOND's monthly Men's Forum on Thursday, October 6. Jesse's mission is to rebuild men. A child feels lost and incomplete when he has a weak father and emotional mother. In many cases such a boy or girl may never recover. New guys showed up — very intelligent, looking for answers to their issues. They'd been to different churches and in bad relationships. They talked about their their fathers and mothers.

(Watch 8-minute excerpt) At church, Jesse talked about evil he saw in people, but he has compassion on those driven by it. One woman said she suffered sexual abuse as a child and does not forgive. She will not pray consistently. One young man was raped by his stepfather as a young boy, and his mother became cruel toward him. Jesse said she cannot help herself. The young man asked how to forgive her. He had an affair with his father’s wife, but his father forgave him.

(Watch 6-minute excerpt) At church, Jesse talked a little about the Charlotte riots after the police shooting of Keith Scott, a black man with a violent criminal past who allegedly would not put down a gun when police confronted him. Why do media and politicians give such attention to police shootings of blacks, when the majority of the time the blacks are armed or threatening police or others? Jesse shared context from researcher Heather Mac Donald.

After the Dallas Police shooting that killed 5 and injured 7 others, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND, appeared on "The Kelly File" on The Fox News Channel as part of a special on policing and race in America. During the program, Rev. Peterson had a heated exchange with #BlackLivesMatter activists and supporters about who's responsible for the violence and racial strife in the country. Watch Rev.

BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, held its “Seventh Annual Conference on Fatherhood and Men,” Father's Day weekend in June 2016

Thank you to everyone who came out for my book signing and discussion on "The Antidote: Healing America from the Poison of Hate, Blame, and Victimhood" at Barnes & Noble, The Grove on Saturday, February 20, 2016. I had a great time meeting and chatting with all of you.