Rev. Ella Pearson Mitchell (1917-2008)
She was the dean of black women preachers, but she was also much more than that. Our lives are blessed by her memory.
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Not so Religulous After All: Praying for Jennifer Hudson
Incidents like the tragedy that befell American Idol Jennifer Hudson make us realize not only why we sing, but why we pray.
Read MoreUSA “Uniquely Blessed?” Depends on Your Definition
With Jesus as a guide the USA does not appear to be uniquely blessed. Fortunately, that’s never been much of an issue.
Read MoreSwiftboating Obama: The Brown Blob of Black Radicalism
Obama supporters should “chill out” in the face of this swiftboating via the conflation of Obama and Wright into an undifferentiated brown blob of black radicalism broadcast together in a twenty-four hour news cycle.
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There Will Be a Nation
Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, starring “Best Actor” Daniel Day-Lewis, operates as the creation myth of an imperialist America.
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