Fred Hammond has had some health trials recently so he will not be in attendance at tomorrow night’s Stellar Awards. The popular leader of United Tenors had a double knee replacement surgery recently and he admits it was tough. “I’m feeling a lot better,” he told the Tom Joyner Morning Show. “I’d love to tell […]
It seems like yesterday when Erica Campbell raised eyebrows in the Christian community with a photo of herself on her Instagram page. A week after the photo was posted and the reaction that followed, the Mary Mary signer is speaking out on the situation. In her view the picture was nothing more than a beautiful […]
For iPad/iPhone users: Do me a favor. Type the word ‘Jesus’ into the Google images search field and see what comes up. Thousands upon thousands of images of a long-haired, bearded, youngish, granola-crunchy, tree hugging types is what you’ll get. You know the make love not war, hippy type from the 1970’s. So just last […]
Meagan Good may not always look like a card-carrying Christian (but what does that really look like?) but she is, even marrying a pastor, Devon Franklin, last year. As one of the faces of modern Christianity, Good is a celebrity representative for the NIV Live: A Bible Experience, an audio version of the The Bible. […]
While Hollywood continues to scratch their heads about the opening weekend success of “The Best Man Holiday,” director Malcolm D. Lee is taking it in stride. After all, it took him 15 years to get a sequel made after his first film “The Best Man” became a hit in 1999. “I knew that I didn’t […]
We already know Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins as a hip-hop star who made the hit records “Holla Holla,“Always on Time” with Ashanti, “Put It On Me” with L’il Mo and Vita and “I’m Real” remix with Jennifer Lopez, among others. At one time, he was one of indie hip-hop label Murder, Inc. ‘s (later, The […]
People are split over Oxygen’s “Preachers of L.A.”. Some think it is inappropriate for religious leaders to appear on reality television while others think it is a good tool for getting out the word. Bishop Noel Jones defended joining the “Preachers of L.A.” cast to the Tom Joyner Morning Show crew, he explained, “I have […]
Dallas is the place to be this weekend if you’re a person of faith. Bishop T.D. Jakes’s MegaFest is going on. It’s estimated that more than 50,000 people from 40 countries will attend the annual three-day festival. Special guests include Oprah Winfrey, who will tape two “Oprah’s Lifeclass” episodes with Jakes during the Festival, Jennifer […]
We’ve heard of abstinence before marriage but for the Crocker couple, they are still refraining from sexual relations two years after their wedding date. Darla and Jon Crocker have been married for a little over two years, on top of that, they dated for 14-months prior where they abstained as well. According to Lark News, […]
It’s been almost a year since Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglass made history by becoming the first Black woman to be crowned individual all-around gold medalist and winning gold with her team, dubbed the Fierce Five. This achievement made a whole nation proud and even gold-medal winning gymast Dominque Dawes, herself a pioneer in the sport, […]
DETROIT (AP) — Popular Detroit pastor and gospel singer Marvin Winans was assaulted and carjacked Wednesday afternoon at a gas station on the city’s west side. Four or five young men followed him from inside the gas station and attacked him while he pumped gas into his SUV, Winans told WXYZ-TV. The SUV was taken. […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a pedophile, admitted Wednesday that it knew that its most famous priest had fathered a child years ago yet didn’t remove him from teaching morality to seminarians or speaking publicly about ethics. In a statement, the […]
