Category: Columnists

The Care and Keeping of Your Pastor

By Rev. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, PhD, Contributing Writer Over the years, the Lord has led me to minister in various settings and with various people.  I have worked with bilingual preschoolers, intellectually… Read More »

The Missed Opportunity

Rev. Tashara S. Void, Contributing Writer March 2020 will forever be etched in our minds. It was the time when the whole world stopped moving, including churches. Things stood still… Read More »

What We Value

Rev. Dr. Darryn Hewson, Contributing Writer What is most precious to you? Your family? An heirloom? Your reputation? The list of most important things should not be all that long,… Read More »

Why I Am No Longer Interested In Being A “Preacher”

Melech Thomas, Contributing Writer “Would a God whose claim to fame is breaking out of a borrowed tomb make me live the rest of my life in someone else’s box?”… Read More »

Just Three Simple Words: A Sister Who Didn’t Forget

Rev. Monica Jones, Contributing Writer I must begin these very brief remarks by thanking God for delivering me to this point in my professional journey.  My life has been blessed… Read More »

The Truth Behind the Coverage of the Vice-President’s Staff Transitions

By Rev. Carey Grady, 7th Episcopal District Politics is the Art of Compromise. Compromise is an intentional and mature way of handling conflicting ideas and potential conflict. Compromise occurs when groups… Read More »

The Truth Behind the Coverage of the Vice-President’s Staff Transitions

By Rev. Carey Grady, 7th Episcopal District Politics is the Art of Compromise. Compromise is an intentional and mature way of handling conflicting ideas and potential conflict. Compromise occurs when groups… Read More »

The Truth is the Light

By:  Reverend Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr., Columnist Based on Biblical Text: Numbers 21:8: And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a… Read More »

Moments in Black History Were in My House and in My Neighborhood

By James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., Columnist Black History was in my neighborhood in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Men and women who looked like me were successful and were role models… Read More »

The Women’s Missionary Society of the Botswana Annual Conference celebrates WMS Day of Service

By Potlako Molomo, Contributing Writer It was all smiles behind the masks, well wishes, praising God, and catching up as the Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) of the Botswana Annual Conference… Read More »

God Is Not Through with Me Yet

Rev. Dr. Maxine Thomas, Columnist “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus… Read More »

Lessons I Learned from a Green Thumb

By Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer If you have read any of my other articles, you might know that I started a new hobby during the pandemic, being a plant mom…. Read More »