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She, Like Many Women, Was Forced To Choose Between Work And Family

She, Like Many Women, Was Forced To Choose Between Work And Family

"Let her work bring her praise at the city gate." - Proverbs 31:31. Her job was to guide spirits through Death’s gates, but doing so was killing her other dreams – literally. She needed to find a solution, because she wouldn’t survive if she had to bury another child!

They Fought Back Using Storytelling And Faith To Resist Their Oppressors

They Fought Back Using Storytelling And Faith To Resist Their Oppressors

“Storytellers are a threat.” - Chinua Achebe. Much of our history, including our faith practices, have been preserved through storytelling. But these stories are more than pretty words, they provide our people with strategies to overcome our oppressors as we fight for liberation!

When They Jumped Overboard Into The Ocean, This Spirit Guide Helped Them

When They Jumped Overboard Into The Ocean, This Spirit Guide Helped Them

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou. Feeling lost and defeated, this Orisha gave up on their purpose. But then a spiritual guide visited them with an important message! Would they choose to listen?

She Became The Ocean To Guide Them To This Unknown Land

She Became The Ocean To Guide Them To This Unknown Land

“Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, a long way from home.” – Odetta. This Orisha watched thousands of her children captured and bound for enslavement. Crying, she felt herself ripping apart, but she wasn’t dying – she was becoming the spirit guide her children needed.

Support For One Another Is A Hallmark Of Black Culture

Support For One Another Is A Hallmark Of Black Culture

In John 13:34, Jesus admonishes his disciples: “So I give you a new command: Love each other deeply and fully. Remember the ways that I have loved you, and demonstrate your love for others in those same ways.” Do we truly love each other as a community? We need to address this once and for all.

She Breathes Life Into Us, Even When They Try To Erase Us

She Breathes Life Into Us, Even When They Try To Erase Us

“Alone a child runs fast, with a mother slow – but together they go far.” Yemoja is considered by many to be the original “mother nature,” and if we tap into her love, we may go farther than we ever thought possible!

How Did This Woman Change The Course Of Human History?

How Did This Woman Change The Course Of Human History?

1 John 3:17-18 tells us, “If a person owns the kinds of things we need to make it in the world but refuses to share with those in need, is it even possible that God’s love lives in him?” What this woman did when she saw a need in her people changed the course of human history! How?

How Did This King Unify His People?

How Did This King Unify His People?

Matthew 7:24-27 tells us: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock...” There was one King who understood this and built his kingdom on a rock. How?

These Oracles Were Known Worldwide For Their Purported Gifts

These Oracles Were Known Worldwide For Their Purported Gifts

“Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.” Some of our ancestors were Oracles, considered so powerful they were specifically sought out and kidnapped by colonizers! But did their spirit die with them – or might it live on?

What Is The Significance Of Bottle Trees?

What Is The Significance Of Bottle Trees?

Ephesians 6:12 tells us: “We’re not waging war against enemies of flesh and blood alone...” Could practicing this tradition protect us from these spiritual threats?

Why Are These Songs So Important To Black History And Culture?

Why Are These Songs So Important To Black History And Culture?

1 Corinthians 14:26 tells us: “When you come together, each person has a vital role because each has gifts. One person might have a song, another a lesson to teach, still another a revelation from God … but all of this should be done to strengthen the life and faith of the community.”

Could The First Man God Created Really Have Been Black?

Could The First Man God Created Really Have Been Black?

Genesis 2:5-7 tells us: “One day the Eternal God scooped dirt out of the ground, sculpted it into the shape we call human, breathed the breath that gives life into the nostrils of the human, and the human became a living soul.” But who was this first man?

Malcolm X: "Key Witness" In A Fight For Religious Rights?

Malcolm X: "Key Witness" In A Fight For Religious Rights?

Isaiah 61:1 explains the role of the prophet: “The Lord has appointed me for a special purpose. He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to repair broken hearts. And to declare to those who are held captive and bound in prison: Be free from your imprisonment!”

She Sacrificed Her Freedom To Save Her People

She Sacrificed Her Freedom To Save Her People

Our ancestors would say, “It's useless to tell a river to stop running; the best thing is to learn how to swim in the direction it's flowing.” How did one powerful queen wield the river’s power to protect her people – even though it wasn’t flowing in the direction she initially wanted?

She Weighed Hearts, Determining Who Would Gain Access To The Afterlife

She Weighed Hearts, Determining Who Would Gain Access To The Afterlife

Hebrews 4:12 states that “the word of God … judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” The Ancient Egyptians believed that everyone could exercise goodness throughout their life, but THIS deity was trusted to judge who accessed the afterlife. No one escaped her come judgment day!

She Defied The Pharaoh's Orders And Saved Her Son’s Life

She Defied The Pharaoh's Orders And Saved Her Son’s Life

Exodus 2:2-3: “When she could no longer keep him hidden away, she took a basket made of reeds, sealed it with tar and pitch, and placed her baby boy in it. Then she wedged the basket among the reeds along the edge of the Nile River.”

You Will Never Think of Christianity The Same After This

You Will Never Think of Christianity The Same After This

“Our people are strong. From slavery to police brutality, God continues to bless us with resilience and an unspoken connection that strengthens our spirits.” This is befitting given that our people were some of the first Christians on Earth.

This is Why the Black Church Was So Dangerous

This is Why the Black Church Was So Dangerous

“The Bible tells us there is a season for all things under Heaven. As we watch the events around us, know one thing – this is the season to unite.” Let’s take inspiration from how the AME church thrived in its unity season.

A "Pulpit Pimp" Could Be Taking Advantage of You

A "Pulpit Pimp" Could Be Taking Advantage of You

John 12:6 tells us to watch out for dishonesty in the church: “He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.”

The Truth about Voodoo and Why It Is Powerful

The Truth about Voodoo and Why It Is Powerful

John 4:21-24: “Believe this: a new day is coming – in fact, it’s already here – when the importance will not be placed on the time and place of worship but on the truthful hearts of worshipers … [The Father] is seeking followers whose worship is sourced in truth and deeply spiritual as well.”

Powerful and Practical Money Lessons from The Bible

Powerful and Practical Money Lessons from The Bible

Proverbs 23:4 tells us: “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.” Most of us do the best we can with our financial resources, but have you looked to the Bible for advice? Check out these tips straight from the Good Book.

Christianity is Way More African than You Think

Christianity is Way More African than You Think

Genesis 17:7: “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.” For our people, Christianity is not new. It’s a fulfillment of God’s promise to us.

Their Heavenly Black Excellence Touched The World

Their Heavenly Black Excellence Touched The World

Acts 16:25-26: “...Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.”

Can You Believe These Lies About Our Beauty?

Can You Believe These Lies About Our Beauty?

Solomon 1:5: “I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem - dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.” And those who sought to oppress us did, too. Catholic and Orthodox Europeans were praising Black religious icons long before the colonization of Africa!

Whites Were Mad As Hell About What This Minister Said

Whites Were Mad As Hell About What This Minister Said

What do you think happened to a minister who preached “God is Black” right after the Civil War? After all, Amos 5:24 admonishes us to “let justice roll on like a river, righteous like a never-failing stream.” So how did this minster change the game for Black Christians in the U.S.?