by Bob | Nov 30, 2007 | Christmas
Shrek the Halls?I’m normally not one to expect TV Christmas specials to uphold the true meaning of Christmas. A secular program is going to be secular. However, when a secular program subtly and not-so-subtly moves from secular to sacrilegious, that’s going too...
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 28, 2007 | African American Church, slave Spirituals, Spirituals
African American Spirituals: Telling the Rest of the Story[i] To appreciate the meaning, message, and mutual ministry of the slave spirituals, it is vital to understand how and why they were composed. Carey Davenport, a retired Black Methodist minister from Texas, had...
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...
by Bob | Nov 26, 2007 | Daniel Alexander Payne, Rosa Parks
Daniel Alexander Payne: The Rosa Parks of His DayRosa Parks (1913-2005) was the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” according to the U.S. Congress. On December 1, 1955, Parks became famous for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give...
