Category: Frontpage
Do Not Increase Your Storage
Mr. Byron Washington, Columnist “A time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away” – Ecclesiastes 3:6 I received an email… Read More »
Experiences of Racism Associated with Poor Memory, Increased Cognitive Decline
Experiences of structural, interpersonal, and institutional racism are associated with lower memory scores and worse cognition in midlife and old age, especially among Black individuals, according to studies reported today… Read More »
Reflections on the 5th Boland annual Conference Lay Organization Convention
by Henry John Van Rhyn, 15th Episcopal District The 5th Boland Annual Conference Lay Organization Convention was held on the weekend of June 10, 2022, to June 12, 2022, at the… Read More »
Weathering the Storm of Climate Change
Dr. Betty Holley, Contributing Writer Over the last decade, hurricanes have intensified, wildfires have burned stronger, and heat waves have baked our cities. These events can only get worse in… Read More »
Pittsburgh’s Citadel of Hope (Bethel AMEC) Hosts Juneteenth Day
by Hollen Barmer and Amber Snyder (ed) The Background Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the 214-year-old Citadel of Hope in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, hosted an ecumenical gathering on June… Read More »
This Supreme Court’s Dangerous Vision of “History and Tradition”
I am from Mississippi. We know what the euphemism “history and tradition” means. And we know where it will lead. White Too Long by Robert P. Jones I am guessing most… Read More »
The Truth is the Light
By Reverend Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr., Columnist Based on Biblical Text: Romans 12:3, ”For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more… Read More »
No Stone is Left Unturned in Welcoming New Bishop to the Philadelphia Annual Conference
By Sister Angelena Spears, Philadelphia Conference Reporter It was evident from day one of the 206th Philadelphia Annual Conference that a “spirit of excellence” was in place to welcome the… Read More »
The 16th District Excelling in Extraordinary Times
By Joan Phillips-Bennett, 16th Episcopal District YPD Director The members of the 16th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), under the leadership of Bishop Marvin C. Zanders… Read More »
The 16th District Excelling in Extraordinary Times
By Joan Phillips-Bennett, 16th Episcopal District YPD Director The members of the 16th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), under the leadership of Bishop Marvin C. Zanders… Read More »
Dream, dreamers, dream
Rev. Renita Green, Columnist The art teacher extended the invitation for dreamers to enter a safe space without limits or boundaries for the imagination. Dreamers were encouraged to explore every… Read More »
Good Times
By Sandra Bonner Hadley The Holy Bible reminds us in Psalms 30:5 that “For his anger is but for a moment; his favour is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger… Read More »