*To say Sarah Jakes knows a thing or two about redemption is an understatement. The daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes survived as a teen mom as well as moved forward past divorcing her husband, ex-NFL player Robert Henson in 2012 after four years of marriage. Ms. Jakes’ struggle to rebound and find God again after these personal setbacks is […]
Pastor Rick Warren will soon release an accompanying cookbook to his New York Times No. 1 bestseller, The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life. The book contains healthy recipes designed to encourage readers to embrace the essentials of food, fitness, focus, faith and friends. “In this cookbook you will find a menu of American […]
The officers showed up at the home just outside of Kansas City and knocked on the door. As his two children looked on, the father answered and heard the officers exclaim, “You’re under arrest.” Then they took Tony Dungy to jail. Yes, the ex-Bucs and Colts coach and all-around good guy revealed he once spent three hours in […]
Yesterday World Changers Church International pastor Creflo Dollar stopped by our sister stations in Atlanta Praise 102.5 / 102.9 and spoke to Darlene McCoy about his book Overcoming Fear. “Fear tolerated is faith contaminated, and it’ll contaminate your faith if you tolerate it,” Dollar said. “One of the reasons I wrote the book is I noticed a lot of people just tolerating fear.” […]
Pastor Debra Morton, Sisters in Faith, and Thomas Nelson Publishing announce “Morton’s Inspirational Book Special” – a bundled gift book set that features “Raise Him Up: A Single Mother’s Guide to Raising a Successful Black Man;” “God’s Wisdom for Sisters In Faith;” and “She Speaks: Wisdom from the Women of the Bible to the Modern Black Woman.” The set was hand-picked by […]
The man who famously put aside his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive in a Cleveland house for over a decade has signed a contract to publish his memoirs. Charles Ramsey signed the deal with the Cleveland publisher David Gray & Co. on Thursday. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight […]
First Lady Michelle Obama reads “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“Twas the Night Before Christmas”) during a Christmas holiday program at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2013. The First Lady is seated with Gerardie Johnson, far left, Isaiah Horst and Obama family pets Bo and Sunny. (Official White House Photo […]
Travyon Martin’s parents want to honor their late son’s memory in a book. According to The New York Times, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin recently met with two publishing executives to discuss the idea. “They intended to write a book that gives the full picture of their son while tracing their own experience of shock and […]
Nicki Minaj is encouraging all women to read a book speaking about Christian values. Minaj, the 30-year-old rapper, took to her Instagram to promote “The Supernatural Woman” which is a book written by her pastor friend. “A must read for all women,” Minaj wrote about the book. “On amazon.com – written by my […]
Just look who survived the whole “inappropriate dress for a preacher’s wife debacle” and has managed to change the topic. Meagan Good and her husband, DeVon Franklin, are writing a book about not having sex throughout the yearlong courtship that led to their 2012 nuptials. Yep! Titled The Wait, the book tells you all about how […]
Dear Love, I thought about you today and my heart ached. I thought about all of the tears I cried on the way to you. I’ve been waiting for the day you would be within reach since I was a little girl. I hurt myself settling for cheap imitations of you. I thought that some […]
The following is an excerpt from “The Rejected Stone,” the new book by MSNBC host and National Action Network president Rev. Al Sharpton. I don’t think we’ve had an honest discussion about misogyny in the black community. I don’t think we’ve talked about the latent feelings of hostility many black men have toward […]
