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With so much going on in Christendom, it’s important to stay focused on ourselves and what we have control over. It is appropriate to feel sadness, disappointment and other emotions when things don’t go the way we expect, or when we are caught off guard, but ultimately we are responsible for how we respond. Dr. […]
As Bishop Eddie Long poked through a salad in his church office one summer day in 1999, he shot a weary look at a person ticking off his ministry’s successes. His Atlanta megachurch had already reached 25,000 members. He had been invited to the White House, built a global television ministry and drove around town […]
VIA NewsOne CNN is reporting two Georgia men have filed suit claiming that prominent Atlanta pastor Eddie Long coerced them into sex. The suits, filed Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia, allege that Long used his position as a spiritual authority and bishop to coerce young male members and employees of his New Birth Missionary Baptist […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friends and family members will gather in Concord this afternoon for the funeral of Valerie Hamilton, several hours after the man accused of murdering her makes his first court appearance. Michael Neal Harvey, 34, is scheduled for an arraignment hearing this morning in Niagara Falls, N.Y., where he was arrested Monday morning […]
VIA TODAY.com Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy YEREVAN, Armenia — Anyone looking for huge amounts of free chocolate should book a flight to Armenia’s capital next month. That’s when the world’s largest chocolate bar will be up for grabs in Yerevan’s main square. The Guinness Book of World Records […]
VIA CNN.COM LEAKE COUNTY, MS (WLBT) – Emmy, the cat, gets my nomination for kitty mother of the year. Not that Emmy doesn’t just lie around like other cats. And occasionally scratch her claws on something you wished she wouldn’t. But there arose a situation around the time she had her kittens that Emmy has […]
The man suspected of killing Valerie Hamilton, the daughter of Concord Police Chief Merl Hamilton, was arrested in Niagara Falls, NY, according to news reports. Michael Neal Harvey, 34, will be charged in connection with the death of Hamilton, 23, who was last seen leaving Thomas Street Tavern in Plaza-Midwood early Wednesday morning. Harvey, a […]
VIA: Elev8.com Marvin Sapp and his three beautiful children honored their beloved wife and mother first lady, MaLinda during her homegoing services this week in Grandville, Michigan. Several prominent figures in the gospel, local and world paid their respect with remarks and tributes during the service. Reverend Jesse Jackson, Pastor Marvin Winans, Karen Clark Sheard, […]
During the month of October Radio One Charlotte will give back to the community as a part of the Radio One 30th Anniversary Celebration dubbed The 30 Days of Giving. Each Tuesday and Thursday during the month of October Radio One Charlotte staff will serve lunch at the Harvest Center (1800 Brewton Drive). The Harvest […]
*Harry Jackson Jr. writes: The institution of marriage is unique. It is the one institution that binds women and men together to form a family, and this serves broad societal purposes. In California, a U.S. District Court Judge last week overturned Proposition 8, the California Marriage Protection Act. It was passed in November 2008 by […]