Do you know what the following persons have in common: Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, Rev. James Lawson, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Julian Bond, John Lewis, James Farmer, Joan Baez, and of course, C. T. Vivian? You are right if you said they all knew and were known by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They were all giants during the civil rights era in the United States of America and all of them outlived the leader […]
Read More »On June 16, 1858, future president of the United States Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous House Divided speech after he accepted the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for United States senator. People can be so fickle. An important source of social identity and self-esteem is a person’s sense of belonging to a group, (e.g., religious denomination, college, race, social class, political party, etc.) With an US versus THEM mentality. I see prejudice (negative attitudes), stereotypes (beliefs […]
Read More »Fran Lewis, Reviewer and Radio Host Apr 8, 2024, 7:59 AM Discussion of book: I TRUST HIM: Universal Concerns Expressed Through One Woman’s Life https://www.blogtalkradio.com/book-talk-with-fran-lewis/2024/04/08/welcome-dr-gloria-mitchell
Read More »I would appreciate your vote in an awards contest based on the interview posted below. My contest category is listed as Christian Fiction based on my latest book, I TRUST HIM: Universal Concerns Expressed Through One Woman’s Life. The book is available at Amazon.com in paperback and ebook. The nominations voting link is online here: https://bit.ly/37C4S8f Voting ends on April 4, 2024. Thank you for your vote. YOUTUBE.COM Gloria Shell Mitchell Interview – December 19th […]
Read More »“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” (Romans 11:34 NIV) While studying 1 Kings chapter 17, a number of thoughts came to mind as I meditated on verse 9 wherein the word of the Lord came to the prophet Elijah, saying: “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” God tells his prophet to […]
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In 1975, after landing a job with a major corporation, Davida, a naive, divorced, twenty-six-year-old African-American accountant and her five-year-old daughter, Veda, relocate from South Carolina to Pennsylvania. Davida becomes enthralled with a God-sent, charismatic hunk, and sets out on an unimaginable faith journey as a minister’s wife, only to discover a veil between the pulpit and the pew.
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