Category: Features
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 »
The Audacity of Hope: A Throwback
The Audacity of Hope: A Throwback By Rev. Arionne Yvette Williams, Contributing Writer I write these words just 20 days before the 2020 General Election in the United States. Though… Read More »
After the Vote, What is Next?
After the Vote, What is Next? By John Thomas, III With the November 2020 General Election weeks away, “get out the vote” efforts have launched into high gear. We are… Read More »
Virtual Worship Services Bring Mixed Blessings
Virtual Worship Services Bring Mixed Blessings By Deborah Peaks Coleman, Contributing Writer The last time that I was physically inside a church was on Sunday, March 15, 2020. On that… Read More »
The AME Breath
The AME Breath By Claire B. Crawford To inhale sorrow and tragedy and exhale justice and triumph is an act Black people know all too well. This form of breathing… Read More »