Category: News
Viruses and Violence
Viruses and Violence By D’Weston Haywood, Ph.D., Columnist As the world grapples with a global pandemic that has disrupted daily life in every way imaginable, Black people are again forced… Read More »
We Will Breathe!
By John Thomas, III, Editor George Floyd was murdered. He did not lose his life. The life in his body was brutally taken from him. As I write this editorial,… Read More »
Reaching the Masses: What Our New Normal Has Showcased
Reaching the Masses: What Our New Normal Has Showcased By Vanessa Anderson, 5th Episcopal District The effect of COVID-19 has been felt across the globe in both religious and secular settings…. Read More »
Joy Comes in the Mourning
Joy Comes in the Mourning By Rev. Sheri D. Smith Clayborn, Contributing Writer Mourning is the expression of one’s grief. It is grief’s companion. Grief is an inevitable response when we experience a… Read More »
Bereavement experience during the COVID-19 lockdown
By Rev. Teboho G. Klaas, 19th Episcopal District The Covid-19 disruption has also changed how pastoring takes place more than one way. During strict lockdown regulations, except for burials, a… Read More »
Transition of Bishop Zedekiah LaZett Grady (1931-2020)
Bishop Zedekiah LaZett Grady was born in Loughman, Florida, the son of the late Walter and Sylvira Bynum Grady. He was educated in the public schools of Sanford, Florida, and… Read More »
AMEs Honored at SDPC
AMEs Honored at SDPC By Rev. Q. Bernard Driskell, Columnist The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. (SDPC) represents a cross-section of progressive African American faith leaders and their congregations in… Read More »
An Easter Sunday People in a Good Friday World
By Rev. P. Kimberleigh Jordan, Ph.D. Jeremiah 31:15 says, “Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she… Read More »
Psycho-spiritual Health in the Time of COVID-19
Psycho-spiritual Health in the Time of COVID-19 By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” The… Read More »
The Future is here: the AME Church during COVID-19 and beyond
By John Thomas III, Editor As I write this editorial, 175 countries have confirmed cases of novel coronavirus COVID-19. “Shelter in place” orders have been implemented in the states of… Read More »
Coronavirus: A Sobering Truth
By Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr. COVID-19 is not a hoax. The virus cares nothing about having a passport at the border. It will not respect the protocol for… Read More »
Who Do We Say We Are? A Theological Perspective on COVID-19 and the Church’s Response
By Rev. Brandee Jasmine Mimitzraiem, 5th Episcopal District The response of the Church to any crisis, to any situation that impacts its people, demonstrates who the Church is. Who are… Read More »