Category: Columnists

An Incident that Shaped Attitude By Mozella Burns, Contributing Writer I am the fifth of six children born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. My mother and father picked cotton for a living;… Read More »

The Truth is the Light By Rev. Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr., Senior Columnist Luke 10:36 asks, “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man… Read More »

You’d Rather Make it Hard By Rev. Jarrett Britton Washington, Columnist Isaiah 40:26 says, “Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their… Read More »

Overcoming a Grasshopper Complex: Claiming God’s Promises through Faith Rev. Dr. Jason Curry, Columnist One of my favorite sermons, preached by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is titled… Read More »

Loose Her and Let Her Go By Maxine Thomas  John 11:44 says, “The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped… Read More »

AME Church Celebrates at Annual Conference By Rev. Gilbert Hayward The 132nd Session of the Bermuda Annual Conference of the AME Church was held at the Fairmont Southampton last week…. Read More »

Founders Day Observed with Special Worship Service By Bridget J. Floyd, Ph.D. This year, St. John AME Church in Huntsville, Alabama, celebrated “the life and legacy” of founder, Bishop Richard… Read More »

Wakanda, Women, and the Black Church By Ulysses Burley, MD, Columnist Five weeks into the Marvel Studios’ release of Black Panther and the blockbuster movie still reigns supreme at the… Read More »

Payne Students Working for Justice By Rev. Leslye Dwight, 2nd Episcopal District On February 14, 2018, six students from Payne Theological Seminary walked out of the plenary session of the… Read More »

Understanding your Legal Rights as an Ordained Minister of the Gospel By Cynthia Gordon-Floyd, Certified Public Accountant   The African Methodist Episcopal Church is a body of believers serving the… Read More »