Category: Features
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 »
The Seven Last Words of George Floyd
By John Thomas III, Editor The commemoration of Good Friday is a solemn and holy event for Christians. We cannot get to the resurrection of Jesus Christ without traversing through… Read More »
Confessions of a Vaccine Trial Participant
Confessions of a Vaccine Trial Participant By Rev. Dawn M. Wayman, 2nd Episcopal District At the earliest murmurs of developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, I knew I was… Read More »
Handle With Care
Handle With Care By Byron Washington, Columnist By no means did 2021 allow us the benefit of rest before the chaos ensued. 2021 decided to continue where 2020 left off and… Read More »
President Joe Biden and the Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware Connection
President Joe Biden and the Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware Connection By Kori Beaman Cheatham, 1st Episcopal District There are many wonderful things about Wilmington, Delaware. However, central among them are… Read More »
When The Black Church Leads… We All Succeed
When The Black Church Leads… We All Succeed By Antjuan Seawright, Columnist My mother grew up at the Maloney Baptist Church in Woodford, SC while my Dad, of course, grew… Read More »
To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic
To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic By Reverend Garland F. Pierce, Executive Director, Department of Christian Education… Read More »
The Heights and Depths of American Democracy
By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist It is finished…Last night in the early hours Congress–at last–certified Joseph R. Biden as the next President of the United States and Kamala D. Harris as… Read More »
Why religion and politics are at play in Georgia?
By Quardricos Bernard Driskell, Columnist Trump supporters descended upon the nation’s capital the second weekend of December at the March for Trump Rally, hosted by Women for America First. One… Read More »
When the Dawn Comes
When the Dawn Comes By John Thomas III, Editor Four years ago, when I penned my first December editorial, I was encouraged to share a meaningful word to lead into… Read More »
Biden and Harris won the election, but now it’s time to work.
Quardricos Driskell, Contributing Writer Election 2020 has been a very long, intense, and crazed election season. Tremendous efforts to “get out the vote” were launched into high gear; we became accustomed… Read More »
Slightly Dry?
Slightly Dry? By Rev. Sheri D. Smith Clayborn, Contributing Writer I recently purchased a plant and the tag on it read, “Please water me when my soil is slightly dry.”… Read More »