PraiseRichmond – Praise 104.7

Religion has always been a major aspect of African-American life, but can you actually heal with the words of god?

Get Ready for the Atlanta Gospelfest Music & HealthCare Festival coming back bigger and better with a new central downtown location in the beautiful Georgia World Congress Center 285 Andrew Young Boulevard Atlanta, Georgia.

On the grounds of Uganda’s biggest AIDS clinic, Dinavance Kamukama sits under a tree and weeps. Her disease is probably quite advanced: her kidneys are failing and she is so weak she can barely walk.

Among the many reverberations of President Obama’s election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.

In this book, Stormie Omartian shares the trials and tribulations of her childhood. As a result of her tumultuous experience she was left with baggage and scars. In each chapter she shares her journey from victim to victor.

The Soul Seekers are a Stellar-Award winning contemporary gospel “quartet” comprised of young men who all worked in the mainstream music industry in various capacities and decided to make music for God–together.

From BBC: An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cookbook after one recipe listed “salt and freshly ground black people” instead of black pepper.

Faced with a church sexual abuse scandal spreading across Europe, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday apologized directly to victims and their families in Ireland, expressing “shame and remorse” for what he called “sinful and criminal” acts committed by members of the clergy.

Owning a home is still considered the primary way to get a piece of the American dream by many black Americans, but many also believe that not only is it currently out of reach, but will be increasingly harder to achieve for themselves and their children, according to a survey by Fannie Mae.

In America, race and class are inextricably linked. Whether by chance, or more likely, by purpose, that is the reality that we must live with. Most of the children who attend New York’s Lower Laboratory School for Gifted Education and Straus School, and their parents, know this all too well.