Readers are often deeply moved by what Vincent F. A. Golphin pens to paper. Also, when the author and educator speaks, audiences tend to be riveted. Crowds carefully listen as  in a  deep, booming voice, the now retired university professor synthesizes wide-ranging facts and provides expert analysis of current and past politics, society and religion. On various themes  tied to religion, education and  African American culture,  Golphin  speaks from the heart to touch listeners’ minds, and in some cases their souls. He urges them to engage with his topic in a great effort to promote human’s  universal desire to understand and be understood.