The impossible expectations we sometimes place on pastors’ wives
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By THOM RAINER Courtesy of Blackchristiannews.com The pastor’s wife in many churches carries heavy burdens. Sometimes they are impossible expectations. To …
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Report: Church member giving near 40-year low
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Religion News Service A new book shows church member giving as a percent of income in 2015 remained near the lowest …
Black elected officials refuse to organize Districts
By AL CALLOWAY What is at once sad and dumb but increasingly dangerous for stratified black communities of America, is the manner in which black …
What grade would you give Trump and his team on recovery?
By ROGER CALDWELL The sun is shining, and Texas and Florida hurricane recovery is no longer headline news. If you were not directly impacted by …
Natural and man-made disasters politicized
By Barbara Howard Tragedies over the past few weeks since when natural disaster Hurricane Harvey decimated Houston, Texas to the mass shooting in Las Vegas …
When it comes to immigration and Free Trade, I am a White Nationalist
By RAYNARD JACKSON A few years ago, I wrote one of the most difficult, most personal columns I have ever written. I was totally terrified …
First faith-based film from black female producer opens strong
“The only thing me and Teresa have been doing is trusting in God and look where it has gotten us.” PHOTO COURTESY OF AQUESTIONOFFAITH.COM Staff …
New biblical resource helps New Testament study
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Staff Report PENSACOLA, Fla. – Written to be an aid for reading the Bible, “Snapshots of the New Testament” by Tommy …
Mother Nature’s new normal
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Right now we need to prepare for the ‘new normal’, and begin to anticipate a much longer future out. We need to …
Free speech or cowardly hypocrisy?
By BARBARA HOWARD This stupidity of disrespecting the American Flag and the National Anthem by the NFL is getting on my last nerve. All the …