White Guys Can Kiss Black Girls and Still Be Prejudiced

White Guys Can Kiss Black Girls and Still Be Prejudiced

Well-meaning White friends would tell me that “they didn’t think of me as any different than them.” Which really meant “it’s okay Heather, you aren’t THAT Black,” which meant I was acceptable. The post White Guys Can Kiss Black Girls and Still Be Prejudiced appeared...
Grannie, Black Quiltmaking, and the Gift of Hope

Grannie, Black Quiltmaking, and the Gift of Hope

Hope for Grannie was not an abstract thought preached at Mt. Gilead Church, but rather a gift that she would get to work with God in bringing hope into her world. The post Grannie, Black Quiltmaking, and the Gift of Hope appeared first on Faithfully Magazine....
How Black Women Preachers Spoke Truth to Power

How Black Women Preachers Spoke Truth to Power

Black women account fore more 70 percent of African-American churches and are the most religiously committed among Protestants, yet, today, eyebrows raise, churches split, pews empty and recommendation letters get lost at a woman’s mention that God has called her to...