7 Ways to Help You Get Along With Church Folk
byConflict creates a very real and present threat to believers, not just with various denominations but within a single church as well. Though our…
2017 July/August
Hard Prayers Have Consequences
byThe Bible’s Apostle Paul, encouraged submission to governing authority, and love for each other (Romans 13:1-10). Yet, in a time when challenge comes more…
PeaceMakers
byThe Numbers Are Staggering. According to the Chicago Tribune, 762 people were killed and more than 4,000 people were shot in 2016. Even President…
Scars that Hurt a Lifetime
byCountless children today are beings scarred, many physically, but many more emotionally, and they will bear and experience the pain of those scars for…
Sisterhood
byViolence tore at the fabric of a friendship—where can they go for healing? After the massacre in “Mother Emmanuel” AME Church in Charleston, South…
A little help from my friends
byExactly 30 years ago, four freshmen women met at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. They shared a love for athletics—several had been given…
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?
byJesus loves children. He did when He walked those dusty streets when He was here on earth, and He still does now. Sometimes children,…
Blessing the Children
byAmong the Jews it was customary for children to be brought to some rabbi, that he might lay his hands upon them in blessing;…
Thou Shalt Not Kill
byLove Letter #6 says: “Thou shalt not kill.”¹ In other words, “you shall not murder.” Despite this admonition from God, the frequency of murder…
To Love Jesus Is To Live Jesus
byIs there any value in professing love for Jesus when we choose not to live for Jesus? One might be forgiven for thinking so,…