It appears the local churches are suffering from the bells and whistles of the mega-churches. T.D. Jakes, Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar, Charles Blake, and many others are a part of a trend towards Mega Churches. Many African American preachers look toward these churches as models of where they wish to be. But is a Mega […]
“I didn’t have to ‘come out’ black,” offered comic Wanda Sykes Monday during a speech at the NAACP annual convention. It’s a remark that has probably brought chuckles from many audiences. But this is a convention at which many people have ties to African-American churches that don’t recognize same-sex marriage. Sykes is a hero to […]
“I didn’t have to ‘come out’ black,” offered comic Wanda Sykes Monday during a speech at the NAACP annual convention. It’s a remark that has probably brought chuckles from many audiences. But this is a convention at which many people have ties to African-American churches that don’t recognize same-sex marriage. Sykes is a hero to […]
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: Â God will not hold us guiltless. Â Not to speak is to speak. Â Not to act is to act.”“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: Â God will not hold us guiltless. Â Not to speak is to speak. Â Not to act is to act.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer […]
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: Â God will not hold us guiltless. Â Not to speak is to speak. Â Not to act is to act.”“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: Â God will not hold us guiltless. Â Not to speak is to speak. Â Not to act is to act.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer […]
The Barack Obama fan club is dwindling. For example, Princeton University religion professor Cornel West and journalist Tavis Smiley are launching a nationwide “Poverty Tour” that will offer a serious critique of the Obama administration’s policies toward the poor. In a devastating article, Bard College foreign affairs and humanities professor Walter Russell Mead concludes that […]
The Barack Obama fan club is dwindling. For example, Princeton University religion professor Cornel West and journalist Tavis Smiley are launching a nationwide “Poverty Tour” that will offer a serious critique of the Obama administration’s policies toward the poor. In a devastating article, Bard College foreign affairs and humanities professor Walter Russell Mead concludes that […]
History has shown us that morality cannot be legislated. It may be tempting to certain individuals to solve America’s moral decline with partisan politics, but the real solution is the Gospel. There was a time (not so long ago) when Americans largely disapproved of certain social practices such as abortion, divorce, pornography, sexual promiscuity, profane […]
History has shown us that morality cannot be legislated. It may be tempting to certain individuals to solve America’s moral decline with partisan politics, but the real solution is the Gospel. There was a time (not so long ago) when Americans largely disapproved of certain social practices such as abortion, divorce, pornography, sexual promiscuity, profane […]
Despite facing the challenges of teen motherhood, Kymberly Wimberly had the highest GPA in her graduating class at McGehee Secondary School in Arkansas. Yet shortly after being named her school’s 2011 valedictorian, administrators announced that she would share the title with a classmate…who happened to be white and with a lower class average. Claiming that […]
Despite facing the challenges of teen motherhood, Kymberly Wimberly had the highest GPA in her graduating class at McGehee Secondary School in Arkansas. Yet shortly after being named her school’s 2011 valedictorian, administrators announced that she would share the title with a classmate…who happened to be white and with a lower class average. Claiming that […]
The Mississippi Delta is the kind of place where everyone shows up for a funeral. It was on such a day in 1997 that Lucas McCarty and his grandfather had come to pay their respects to a young man who’d been killed in a car crash. John Woods was there to bury his son. Lucas […]
