Category: Columnists
It’s Above Me Now: Self-Care in the Ongoing Fight For Justice
It’s Above Me Now: Self-Care in the Ongoing Fight For Justice By Rev. Arionne Yvette Williams, Contributing Writer Psalm 131 says, “O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes… Read More »
Order of the FLAME: A Life-Changing Experience
Order of the FLAME: A Life-Changing Experience By Presiding Elder Carlene Sobers It was a privilege and honor to be chosen and accepted by the World Methodist Evangelism Council as… Read More »
Peace and Justice Require More Than Charges and Convictions
Peace and Justice Require More Than Charges and Convictions By Rev. Dr. Willie Dwayne Francois, III A report of a counterfeit $20-bill ignited the embers of a racially-traumatized nation, weathering… Read More »
We Are the Church
We Are the Church By Thato Mosebi, Contributing Writer In 1 Kings 8:15-19, we learn that David had the desire to build a temple for God. However, God chose David’s… Read More »
Say It Loud
Say It Loud By Rev. Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr., Contributing Writer Psalm 31:23 says, “Love the Lord, all you his saints. The Lord preserves the faithful, but abundantly repays the one who… Read More »
George Floyd and the Spiritual Rot We Must Confront
George Floyd and the Spiritual Rot We Must Confront By Rev. M. JoDavid Sales, Ph.D., Contributing Writer For eight minutes and 46 seconds, the sinful and demonic nature of white… Read More »
Racism in America
Racism in America By Rev. Dr. W. Antoni Sinkfield , 13th Episcopal District I have been asked multiple times how I feel about the ugly resurfacing of America’s most pervasive and long-standing… Read More »
Understanding and Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan
Understanding and Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan By Cynthia Gordon-Floyd, Contributing Writer When it began, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program appeared to be a… Read More »
Churches Encourage Giving in the Midst of a Tumbling Economy
Churches Encourage Giving in the Midst of a Tumbling Economy By Angelena Spears, 1st Episcopal District Several weeks into the pandemic, every church in the Philadelphia Annual Conference began to feel… Read More »
Is the AME Church Caught Up on the Messenger and Missing the Message?
Is the AME Church Caught Up on the Messenger and Missing the Message? By Adrienne Fikes, 2nd Episcopal District Ida B. Wells’s account of an 1894 Philadelphia AME minister’s meeting, shared… Read More »
Bethel-Baltimore Delivers 12,000 Pounds of Food
Bethel-Baltimore Delivers 12,000 Pounds of Food When the coronavirus pandemic fully hit the United States, Maryland Governor’s stay-at-home order went into effect in the middle of March. Ever since March… Read More »
Effective Evangelism: Are We Fishing or Hunting?
Effective Evangelism: Are We Fishing or Hunting? By Rev. Marcellus A. Norris Do you know anyone who cannot sit still? They always have to be doing something. Even when sitting, their… Read More »