Mark 13:29-27 is the first gospel reading we encounter in this season of Advent.
As a Christian, Holy week has always been filled with busyness. When I served as a pastor, I always felt like the religious world around me rushed to Easter without paying attention to the steps…
December 31, 1862, was the eve before the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Our Freed African-American ancestors gathered and prayed that our enslaved brothers and sisters would be freed physically, mentally and emotionally. Our ancestors gathered in homes,…