Bishop Secular talks about an outstanding soul food meal his chef prepared, but how did this lead to him reading a verse out of the…

Holiday

Holiday radio and tv programming has begun. It’s the 24 hour Christmas carols, specials and radio tunes. It seems that it is beginning earlier and earlier each year. This year Christmas songs started chiming about 2 days after Halloween. I have to laugh as it seems that Thanksgiving is becoming a stop over holiday for […]

National

Kimberla Lawson Roby, Carl Weber, Pynk and Candice Dow’s winter titles are hot off the press and just in time for the season. Grand Central Publishing’s list includes outstanding titles for every booklover on your holiday list and beyond. New York Times bestselling authors Roby and Weber have been delighting loyal readers for years. Combined, […]

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Veteran actress, Kim Fields, returns to the TV specials genre with an all-new “Holiday Love: Re-Imagined” to air in nationwide syndication this month. This hilarious one-hour nod to vintage holiday time TV specials is back with music, celebrities and new songs repackaged with clips from the original hit special “Holiday Love.” Quickly becoming a staple program […]

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Christian churches don’t do nearly enough for the growing number of women struggling to raise children on their own. Advocates are trying to change that. It’s holiday season and the 10-year-old single mothers’ ministry at Vineyard Church in Ann Arbor, Mich., is offering Christmas blessings. The ministry’s interim director, Penny Johnson, says this year 26 […]

Family Health

Hearing the words you have diabetes scares some, upsets others, and overwhelms most. Yes, it’s serious, and yes, you’ll need to make some adjustments. But diabetes is a disease you can control, says Kim DeCoste, RN, CDE, a spokesperson for the American Association of Diabetes Educators. “An important first step for the newly diagnosed is to realize that you can […]

Breaking News

With the shock and horror from Newtown giving way to anger and calls for action, President Barack Obama will announce his first concrete steps Wednesday in addressing the raging debate about gun policy. Obama plans to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an inter-agency process to develop policy in the wake of the Connecticut […]

Feature

  Sometimes you need a reminder that people can do wonderful things.   1. The parents who made their son’s wheelchair into the best Halloween costume ever   2. The terminally ill man who loves receiving mail… and got more than he ever expected     Scott Widak has Down syndrome and suffers from liver disease, and […]

National

Peter Lanza, father of alleged elementary school shooter Adam Lanza, issued a statement Saturday to the public apologizing for his son’s rampage in Newtown, Connecticut. The 20-year-old shot and killed 20 children between the ages of five and nine and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday. Peter Lanza’s statement addressed the various […]

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  *The following statement is being released by The National African-American Clergy Network, comprised of prominent national faith leaders and clergy, which includes: Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, (Atlanta, GA); Bishop Vashti Murphy Mckenzie, (Dallas, TX); Dr. Amos C. Brown,(San Francisco, CA); Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.,(Cleveland, OH); Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner,(Tracy’s Landing, MD); Dr. J. Alfred Smith, […]

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LeJuene Thompson is an award-winning, contemporary gospel singer, with a voice so compelling and a singing style so captivating that she has been handpicked to work with some of the biggest names in Gospel Music including Donald Lawrence and John P. Kee. We recently caught up with Universal Music Christian Group/Fontana recording artist who is […]

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Grammy Award nominee, James Fortune named Number 1 on Billboard Magazine’s Best of 2012 Gospel Songs/Artists Year-End list.   His current release IDENTITY was recognized at Number 5 on both the Best of 2012 Gospel Albums/Artists and Best of 2012 Best Gospel Album lists; with his hit single “Still Able” at Number 8 on the Best […]