Category: Columnists

Dothan-Eufaula Lead the SE Alabama Conference in Getting AME’s Vaccinated for COVID-19

Dothan-Eufaula Lead the SE Alabama Conference in Getting AME’s Vaccinated for COVID-19 The Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglas Sherrod, III, Presiding Elder for the Dothan Eufaula District, Southeast Alabama Conference, 9th District… Read More »

My HBCU experience started in my neighborhood and on my street

My HBCU experience started in my neighborhood and on my street  Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. Historically Black Colleges and Universities have always been academic cathedrals of learning, hope and… Read More »

THE TRUTH IS THE LIGHT

THE TRUTH IS THE LIGHT By:  Reverend Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr. Colossians 2: 6 – 7  “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives… Read More »

Brave Enough To Be It

By Rev. Dr. Barry Settle, Contributing Writer BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE IT You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after… Read More »

Breaking Bread Together: Christian Potential as Solution to Polarizing Politics

Breaking Bread Together: Christian Potential as Solution to Polarizing Politics  The Reverend Dr. Jason Curry             The story of the legendary, basketball athlete Scottie Pippen prior to his career as a… Read More »

Digital Fishers of Men: Discipleship in the Virtual Age

Digital Fishers of Men: Discipleship in the Virtual Age By John Thomas III, Editor A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a friend of mine about their experience during… Read More »

We are God’s Agents of Grace and Hope in the World

We are God’s Agents of Grace and Hope in the World By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, Contributing Writer First Peter 4:10 says, “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of… Read More »

The Whereabouts of Wisdom in our World: Lesson from Solomon

The Whereabouts of Wisdom in our World: Lesson from Solomon By Rev. Dr. Jason Curry We know someone because we understand certain facts associated with that person. For example, one… Read More »

Remembering to Love

Remembering to Love By Rev. Betty Holley, Ph.D. With this world of multiple pandemics—coronavirus, racial inequities, and January 6—still very raw in the minds of Americans, especially African Americans and… Read More »

The Truth is the Light

The Truth is the Light By Rev. Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr. Psalm 30:5 says, “For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping… Read More »

Reconsidering Gangsta Rap: The Case of President Donald Trump

Reconsidering Gangsta Rap: The Case of President Donald Trump By D’Weston Haywood, Ph.D., Contributing Writer The country is still reeling from the unprecedented events of January 6, 2021, when the… Read More »

Good Soil

Good Soil  By Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer Like most people during the pandemic, I was in a bad cycle of getting up, taking a shower, putting on clean yoga pants,… Read More »