by Bob | Jan 19, 2009 | Beyond the Suffering, Black Church History, Black History, Black History Month, The Journey
The Journey: Forty Days of PromiseCelebrating the Legacy of African American ChristianityDay One: The Journey Begins—From Victims to Victors Join me on a forty-day intercultural journey of promise. I will be blogging, Lord willing, during the forty days from Martin...
by Bob | Dec 19, 2008 | African American History, Black Church, Black History, Black History Month
The Journey: Forty Days of PromiseCelebrating the Legacy of African American ChristianityThirty days from now you are invited to join me on a forty-day journey. I will be blogging, Lord willing, during the forty days from Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009, to...
by Bob | Nov 13, 2008 | Black Church History, Black Family, Black History, Black History Month
Friends,RPM Ministries is please to announce the launch of another new, power-packed, one-day seminar: Heroes in Black Church History: Learning Life Lessons from the Legacy of African American Christians.In just one day, your church or para-church group will be...
by Bob | Jan 31, 2008 | Black History Month, Equiano, Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equinao: Born Free“I . . . acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.”[i] These words from the pen of the Christian Olaudah Equiano might seem trite until we realize that they introduce the narrative of his harrowing kidnapping and...
by Bob | Nov 29, 2007 | Black Church History, Black History Month
Venture Smith: Pulling the Rope in Unison[i]It has become something of a cliché to imagine that Black families today find it difficult to experience stability because of a long history of instability caused by slavery and racism. While not at all minimizing the...
by Bob | Nov 27, 2007 | African American Church, Black Church History, Black History Month, Maria Stewart
Maria Stewart: A Voice for the Voiceless[i]In September 1832, in Boston, Massachusetts, Maria Stewart (1803-1879) did something that no American-born woman of any race before her undertook. She mounted a lecture platform and raised a political argument before an...
