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Fickle People

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 […]

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June 14, 2024
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 |  Category: Attitudes, Hope, Intercession, Nation, Politics, prayer, Repentance

Mom Delivers After 39-Year-Pregnancy

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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December 7, 2023
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 |  Category: Breast cancer, church, dating, divorce, encouragement, Enlightenment, History, Hope, marriage, mental illness, prayer, preaching, Relationships, sex, speak up, spouses, Words

Fully Aware of Breast Cancer

On October 9, 2020, I had a mastectomy. That was 26 years after having a lumpectomy in 1994 for breast cancer treatment. The disease claimed the lives of my sisters Marie and Diane. Another sister is still fighting. Ovarian cancer claimed the lives of my sisters Melba and Elizabeth. I lost my sister Carrie to cevical cancer and my brother James to colon cancer. As a survivor, for many years I helped raise money for […]

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October 16, 2021
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 |  Category: Breast cancer, cancer survivor, testimony, prayer, encouragement, Healing, Health and wellness, Hope, testimony

Famous Faces in Dark Places

The human brain is a vital body part, don’t you agree? Why criticize and ostracize sick minds, when a doctor they should see?   Many great lives have ended in despair and tragedy due to ignorance of signs, treatment options and the benefits of therapy.   Whatever mental challenge you face, someone else has been in that place Many discovered creative solutions and found fame, not disgrace.   Let’s take a Sentimental Journey to see […]

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September 11, 2018
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 |  Category: Healing, Health and wellness, History, Hope, speak up

Memorial Day Tribute to Veterans

On this Memorial Day, I salute my sister, Elizabeth Shell Carr, for years of service to Black Veterans for Social Justice. As a LCSW, her inspiration came from a desire to help female veterans suffering from military sexual trauma (MST) and the following family members who served in the armed forces: Uncle Samuel Pelzer- Army Uncle Ruben Pelzer-Army Uncle James Pelzer-Army Uncle Jervia Pelzer, Jr. – Army Sister Cynthia McNeil- Marines Brother-in-law Lewis June – […]

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May 28, 2018
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 |  Category: Hope, military families, Nation, veterans