After Hawaii Fires, Relief Director Ponders Whether Bad Things Only Happen to Bad People
byAdventist Community Services Director W. Derrick Lea maintains belief in the blessings of God Amidst Trial. Recently, I was sent a post that made…
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The Death of Truth
byOne of the unique challenges facing church, culture, and even politics is the slow death of truth. We live in a world where opinion…
Black Teenagers and Mental Health Counseling
byI’ve been a community mental health counselor and youth mentor since 1995. A lot has changed in mental health over the years…but the…
Cheering On Your Health
byOne of the things that I find fascinating is that I can always tell when my children are getting sick before they get sick….
Don’t Be Too Hard on Us
byRecently I was in a certain city preaching. The host pastor decided to take me to a newly opened black-owned vegan restaurant. As we…
Identity Issues
byWhen Your Blackness and Faith Collide #TuesdayTruth One of humanity’s most significant yet daunting facets is the endless quest to find our identity….
Don’t Look Up
byDuring the 2021 holiday season, Netflix released an original film titled, “Don’t Look Up.” The title solicited my attention for several weeks before I…
The Miracle with Your Name on It
by“We must go on to other towns as well, and I will preach to them, too. That is why I came.” So he traveled…
Spiritual Urgency
byOne commonality that unites people who grow spiritually is a deep sense of need. What yokes them together is the idea that spirituality is…