“This Love and God Are Not Different” “This Love and God Are Not Different” – Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki Go(o)d Morning, beautiful! Take a while to listen to today’s 7-minute-long check-in and reset from “Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki”! Join our free community of Go(o)d Friends to deep dive into today’s practice with us! Today’s Quotes: “This love and life are not…
Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty by Veronica Wells via MadameNoire.com Earlier this week, we wrote about the comments Pastor John Gray made regarding his 8-year marriage to Aventer Gray and how his wife endured more pain raising him as a man than she did birthing their two children. He spoke about how Aventer was a coat that was two sizes…
Jay Ellis By Mwabi Kaira A petition floated around the internet demanding that Lawrence return to Insecure when it was assumed that he wouldn’t appear on Season 3. Team Lawrence championed hard and fans of the show were pleasantly surprised when Issa ran into him at the 7-11 while she was at Coachella. Lawrence has been on every episode since…
By Veronica Wells In a lot of ways, I grew up in the “I’ll take your man” era. The sentiment was in the music. Terry McMillan was writing about it in Waiting To Exhale (which I read probably a little too early), and most importantly they were in the warnings from elders. For better or worse, my grandmother was preoccupied…
Quad Webb Lunceford and Dr. Gregory Lunceford By Brenda Alexander Their marriage started off rocky with them canceling the wedding just weeks before getting hitched only to turn around and jump the broom in a ceremony while guests watched with side-eyes at a later date. Being newlyweds on reality tv didn’t help. She took pride in being a stay at…
By Devon Mac The Black church anchors much of my childhood and adolescence. It was my first experience of nurture and care outside of my family. Where mint candies were sweet gifts of love from older ladies in stockings and knee-length skirts. Where I nervously sang my first solo in the children’s choir. Where I rocked white gloves and patent…
BACA By Ta-ning Connai By the time I got to my friend’s church, it was already in session. You could hear a pin drop as I tried to quietly squeeze myself through the congregation while scrambling towards that one empty seat. And before my butt could even hit the pews, the pastor decides to integrate me into his already scheduled…
Photo BlackLove.com By Nicole Pender “Love is patient, love is kind, love requires longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, and faith.” Continue
By Ta-Ning Connai I LOVE TO LAUGH! Just sitting here thinking about it makes me feel like belting out a huge Ahahahaha! And nothing brings me more chuckles than a Facebook page called Church of Laugh, where nothing churchy is off limits. From feathery hats large enough to be a lethal weapon to choir leaders that should be officially banned…
By Veronica Wells From the time I was born until around middle school, my parents had a huge waterbed. I loved this bed. It was temperature controlled so it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. If you’ve ever slept in a waterbed, you know that they cradle you. We loved our parents’ waterbed so much that…
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