Grace says, “let’s take our moment of silence this morning and when we’re done let us promise ourselves and all the abused around us, all those victims, that we will never be silent again.  The silence ends today!” p. 16

13 TEMPTATION
compiled by Eugene AnthonyAll you need to hop over that pitfall.

14 I’M ONLY HUMAN
by Hugh Wesley Carrington / Your part in the partnership of prayer with God.

16 THE GRACE GREENLEAF EFFECT
by Claudia Marion Allen / How an Oprah network drama lucked-up on the gospel of disruption

18 WHAT FAITH LOOKS LIKE NOW
by Brittany Winkfield / Trends and faith may change, but the good news is, most people find it’s still worth it.

18 FAITH AND FUNDAMENTALISM
by Rachel Williams / After a disastrous dinner, Rachel questioned her strict upbringing

20 Fervent or Fanatical?
A conversation with Keith Burton / How to negotiate competing worldviews.

22 Finding God In My Ambition
by Michael Polite / The word “ambition” has a bad rep. Check yours against your goals.

30 FRESH FRUIT
by Oral Semple / The fruit becomes obvious when you work and live in the service of God.

4 ELEVATION
by Phillip McGuire Wesley / Media That Takes You Higher

5 EDITORIAL
by Carmela Monk Crawford /Boycotting That Brand of Gospel

6 Eye on the times / Current News & Views

8 OPTIMAL HEALTH
by Donna Green Goodman / Radically Raw or Carefully Cooked Holiday Meals
by Shelem Flemons / Cure For the Walk

12 RELATIONSHIP Rx
by Willie and Elaine Oliver / “Why Did I Get Married?”

24 FUTURECAST
by Carlton Byrd / God’s Jealous, Zealous Love For You

26 THE EXPERIENCE
by Tricia Payne / What Glass Ceiling?

28 THE EXPERIENCE BIBLE STUDY
by Rashad Burden / Nonsense

29 Myth busters
by Donald L. McPhaull / Mystery of the last prophet, solved.