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From CNN: President Barack Obama and his family chose a historically African-American church in southeast Washington, D.C., for Easter observances Sunday, entering a few minutes late to the sounds of “Alleluia,” which opened the 11 a.m. service. Congregants at the Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church broke into cheers and applause, snapping cell phone pictures […]

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From the New York Times: There is no prouder moment in Haiti’s history than Jan. 1, 1804, when a band of statesmen-warriors declared independence from France, casting off colonialism and slavery to become the world’s first black republic. They proclaimed their freedom boldly — “we must live independent or die,” they wrote — but for […]

From Washington Post: By Bishop T.D. Jakes When people ask me to describe my idea of heaven, the thought itself can be quite daunting. Not because I doubt its existence, but because we have nothing here on earth that can equate to or even come close to the utopia that we would consider heaven to […]

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From CNN: Thurgood Marshall, Hattie McDaniel, the Tuskegee Airmen and Walter Morris — all African-Americans who made history breaking the color barrier. But while America’s first black Supreme Court justice, the first African-American Oscar winner and the U.S. military’s first African-American pilots are well known, you may never have heard of Walter Morris or his […]

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VIA: ABC News Chicago’s Urban Prep Charter Academy has a mission — for its students to graduate and succeed in college. Now, for the first graduating class at the high school, it’s mission accomplished. All 107 seniors were accepted to a four-year college, a significant accomplishment considering they are from one of the toughest neighborhoods […]

VIA: AJC.com While some teens in her Marietta housing project were cruising for drugs or kicks, Jazma Parker would be driving slowly through some rich neighborhood, marveling at the way those people lived. She was among the young people in Lyman Homes who did their homework, who stayed off the troubled corners. She liked watching […]

VIA: New York Times DEIR MAR MOUSA, Syria — As darkness falls over the vast Syrian desert and the first winter stars emerge, a trail of modern-day pilgrims is slowly climbing the stone steps of this remote cliff-top monastery. They are a motley crew of religious seekers and backpackers from a dozen countries, some hoping […]

10 Strategies for Improving Your Marriage in 2010 By Dr. Gloria Morrow 1. Invite God back your marriage to stay in 2010. Make your home a place of prayer, praise, and worship. 2. Celebrate the fact that you survived 2009 as a couple, and give yourselves permission to forgive one another for past mistakes, faults, […]

VIA: Colorado Springs Gazette Mike Hermanstorfer held his pregnant wife’s hand on Christmas Eve as it went ice cold, and she began to turn blue. “Half my family was lying right there in front of me — there’s no other way to say it — dead,” he said. “I lost all feeling. Once her heartbeat […]

VIA: EURweb.com “I love this song and I love singing about Heaven,” Pastor Shirley Caesar said about the title of her latest CD project on Shu-Bel/Light Records. “I love singing about my future home…I put something for everyone.” One thing I can say for Shirley Caesar and that is she is always willing to reach […]

VIA: USA Today It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas this morning: Snow is falling, shoppers are bundled up as they bustle into the grocery store, and Bill Schmidt, 63, is ringing a hand bell non-stop near a bright red kettle as he collects donations for the Salvation Army. He greets passers-by enthusiastically even […]

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Jennifer Hudson’s Christmas special “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” aired Monday night on ABC, and needless to say Jennifer did her thing. The show featured Jennifer’s journey back home to Chicago where she performed at her high school, her family church, and more. It was especially beautiful seeing her talking with her music teacher, someone […]