Miss Aleck & Co.

By: Twinker Davis This topic intrigued me so much that I had to write a response! I too have a long history with the church…with Baptist roots to be exact. Throughout my spiritual journey I’ve seen a lot, and I’ve come to dislike a lot of things as well: The “Pure” Christian: This is numero […]

I was introduced to Christian rap about four years ago. Previously, I wasn’t a big fan of rap-secular or otherwise; what I’d know was predominantly crotch-grabbing, I got more money-cars-women-etc., self glorification. Since the introduction to lyricists like Trip Lee, I’ve grown in my appreciation of [Christian] rap as being enjoyable and a means of […]

  By Lovely Twinker I can imagine how tension can occur between submission and ambition. Speaking for myself: I’m I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T! Nonetheless I have dreams I want to fulfill as an individual and as a unit with a husband. My ring finger has been unoccupied for twenty-three years now. I desire to be married one day…sooner […]

By D. Kimberly How do you deal when you hold a position in the church and your child chooses a gay or transgender lifestyle? Iyanla’s Television show on the OWN network went deep this weekend. Jeremyah, born  as Cynthia – a girl – has grown up under her father’s leadership in the church and struggled […]

By D. Kimberly Celibacy seems to be the new epidemic in black Hollywood. While the world gave Meagan Good and her husband Devon Franklin the side eye for professing Christ, beloved Tamera Mowery credits the Savior for holding her marriage together. She told Ebony Magazine, “We wanted to make sure that this relationship was what […]

By Lawrence Watford Okay. So it’s October and I’m sure you’re either wearing our surrounded by your fair share of pink; pink ribbons, pink bracelets, pink shirts, ties, shoes, and shoelaces… In fact, if you look overhead at planes passing by, you’ve probably noticed they’ve been painted pink as well, and we all know why, […]

By J. Double U The disappearing act is a phase in the relationship that can be a game-changer. For women, it’s certainly a frustrating and confusing detour in what may seem like a functioning relationship. Initially, when the guy you like fades into the background, you don’t know what to make of it. When a woman […]

By Tracy D. Winston Why do we (the human race) forget where we come from? Humans are walking contradictions but the worst part of this atrocity is that we fail to learn from our experiences; rather we decide to switch roles from oppressed to oppressor. To put in plainly, a lot of us are the […]