The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference just held its annual church leaders conference in St. Petersburg, Florida last month and what we experienced there is what can be called “a breath of fresh air!” 120 seminarians from 16 different seminaries attended this year’s conference.
“The next generation” of church leaders, pastors, ministers, seminary professors and [...]
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March 1, 2010
When it comes to issues of social justice and empowerment in the African American community, three names may readily come to mind, Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina and the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Each has made a [...]
Dr. Marcia Alesan Dawkins, the Assistant Professor of Human Communication at California State University, Fullerton, has been commissioned by Salem Press to write an encyclopedia entry about me for an upcoming volume entitled “Great Lives From History: African Americans.” She asked me to give her a brief quote as to what I thought my [...]
We observe Ash Wednesday this month. Christians all over this world from Cape May, New Jersey to Cape Town, South Africa will pause on Ash Wednesday to pray prayers of repentance and prayers of rededication as they begin a 40 day period of reflection and renewal during the Lenten Season.
I encourage the people of [...]
TELL YOUR CHILDREN OUR STORY!
“If you don’t know where you came from…if you don’t know where you started on this journey, you will forever be headed in the wrong direction as you continue on your journey!”
That paraphrase of the warning given to us by the Association of Black Psychologists, 50 years ago, is a principle [...]
My newest book, “A Sankofa Moment,” was supposed to be released on January 16th — both the print version and the CD (audio) version. On January 2nd, however, one of my play daughters, Vanessa Cosby, was found dead in her home! Vanessa and my daughter, Janet, went to school together. Vanessa was [...]
God has given us another year and for that I am grateful. We start a new decade and we do not start it alone. Immanu-el (in Hebrew) means “God with us.” We start this decade with God.
We start the decade with God’s help, by God’s grace and because of God’s mercy.
As you [...]
In the Christmas song, “O Holy Night,” the phrase “a Ray of Hope, the weary world rejoices” has particular meaning for me this year. My sister, Cynthia is confined to a wheelchair with Multiple Sclerosis. My sister, LaVerne is recovering from surgery with several pins in her arm from a fall she took [...]