Marriage & Relationship: Dorina’s Testimony & Baptism

For those who followed the Marriage & Relationship Series, you'll remember my friend Dorina. She joined the discussions from Madrid, Spain where she's been living for the last few years. The discussions did not focus on our personal relationships by design. However, in this recorded YouTube livestream, she shares some of her story beforeContinue reading "Marriage & Relationship: Dorina’s Testimony & Baptism"

I AM WOMAN: A Book List from the Timeline

421 Years of Black Women Using Their Words This book list is derived from the African American Women Using Our Words Timeline I developed for I AM WOMAN: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America. As with most creative projects, I had no idea where the timeline would lead. This is by no means a fullContinue reading "I AM WOMAN: A Book List from the Timeline"

Kingdom of Heaven ( ACAD: Revelation 12)

A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth. Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with sevenContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven ( ACAD: Revelation 12)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Revelation 11)

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Come and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over theContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Revelation 11)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Mark 11)

When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyoneContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Mark 11)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 11)

Now when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and proclaim his message in their cities. When John heard in prison what the Messiah[a] was doing, he sent word by his[b] disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”Continue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 11)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 13)

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And asContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 13)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 10)

Then Jesus[a] summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and MatthewContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 10)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 8)

When Jesus[a] had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a leper[b] who came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.” He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately his leprosy[c] was cleansed. Then Jesus said toContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 8)"

Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 7)

“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s[a] eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say toContinue reading "Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 7)"