North Nashville has been the center of controversy for many in plans for economic and social redevelopment, especially as it pertains to historic Jefferson Street. Many African Americans feel that gentrification is taking place and that Blacks are being bought out and relocated. If this process continues, Jefferson Street as well as north Nashville will not reflect the diversity it should. It has the potential of becoming a middle and upper class predominately White community.…
African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain professions. So it is not difficult to empathize with the struggle of immigrants in our country. Like our ancestors who migrated from the former slave states of the Deep South, millions of undocumented immigrants move to the United States each…
This month many churches are celebrating Women’s Month. This focus on women is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate women in the church for their hard work. No one can deny that women are so important, critical to the work of God’s Kingdom. For this reason, we women need to take care of ourselves as we share our gifts with others to expand the work of Jesus Christ to those we encounter. This self-care involves women…
We are built so that our spirit hungers for God. We are designed with a great capacity for God, but sin and our own individuality and wrong thinking keep us from getting to Him. God delivers us from sin, but we have to deliver ourselves from our individuality. “If the son makes you free, you shall be free indeed,” John 8:36. The greatest moment in our lives is when we decide that sin must die…
“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction; since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as an…
B.B. King, the legendary ‘King of the Blues’ recently received the Urban League of Middle Tennessee’s Living Legend Award. Patricia Parrish Stokes, president/CEO of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee (ULMT) along with board member, Burley Nelson, had the privilege of presenting King with the award, following his memorable performance at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on April 25. The Living Legend Award includes a copy of the ULMT commissioned artwork by local artist James Threalkill.…
