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Via:  Elev8.com // It’s the second day of a new year.  It’s the first moment of a new year.  Today, we will have the first shower or bath, hug, kiss, embrace, conversation, food, experience, of a new year.  A new and fresh anointing rains down in a new year.  This is amazing. Our lives have […]

VIA: THEWASHINGTONPOST.COM According to the Wizards Insider in the Washington Post, Gilbert Arenas brought guns to the Verizon Center because of a dispute with his team mate Jarvaris Crittenton.  The New York Post reports that the incident was over an unpaid gambling debt and that Crittenton also had a weapon. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that […]

VIA: ELEV8.COM Gone are the days of gospel being sterile and one-dimensional. In 2009, the fast changes occurring throughout the world demand that artists who present the gospel in song find new, exciting ways to get the message across. In the realm of music videos, the quality, concept, and presentation have reached their highest levels […]

// For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJ) 2009 was a year of  financial devastation and turmoil, as it quickly comes to a close a time of reflection is definitely in […]

// I have never been one for making resolutions. I don’t believe in them. They only lead to disappointment three weeks into January when you figure out that you haven’t kept any. There is a real reason why they do not work. You don’t want them to. Okay, before you get angry with me, let […]

// A tragedy is anything that is mournful, melancholy, disastrous or even fatal.  There were so many things that were considered “tragic” in 2009, it would take me all day to create the list.  I mean from natural disasters, to the Steve McNair murder suicide, there were many.  After considering what was most devastating for […]

// The New Year is almost here and the resolutions are ramping up.  I think we all have the same resolution on our list and if you are like me, it is to lose fat.  Fat loss is always at the top of my list.  I have been doing well so far since I began […]

// Gospel recording artist Tonéx is mourning the loss of his mother Dr. E.B. Williams who passed away on December 28, 2009. Williams served as the assistant pastor of Truth Apostolic Church in San Diego, CA where Tonéx became senior pastor after the untimely 2004 death of his father Dr. Anthony C. Williams. Before she […]

Via: www.eurweb.com *“I love this song and I love singing about Heaven,” Pastor Shirley Caesar said about the title of her latest CD project on Shu-Bel/Light Records. “I love singing about my future home…I put something for everyone.” One thing I can say for Shirley Caesar and that is she is always willing to reach […]

// As a parent that has a stepson, I have had many people ask me questions regarding raising a child that I did not help bring into this world.  They are usually single people dating someone or thinking about dating someone who already has a child.  They ask me questions that are all over the […]

VIA GOSPEL FLAVA: The NBA is gearing up to celebrate gospel music with the 5th Annual All-Star Gospel Brunch, which takes place February 13, 2010 in Dallas, TX as part of NBA All-Star Weekend. The event will feature performances from Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, James Fortune, Angella Christie, and Ricardo Sanchez. This year, the brunch […]

Congratulations to singing sisters Mary Mary who have found themselves at the top of a few Billboard charts as 2009 comes to a close. Check out their numerous honors right here. TOP R&B/HIP-HOP Artists – Duo/Group 1) Mary Mary 2) The Black Eyed Peas 3) Young Money 4) Day26 5) UGK Top Gospel Albums 1) […]