Posts Tagged ‘christian’

First, a little bit about me and how this book came to be… So, let’s chat. I love chatting! And meeting new people, especially moms. I am a mom, I have a mom, and I have worked with moms for years as a childbirth educator. And my writing style is much like my teaching style, [...]

Reprinted from Central Baptist Church Leadership  News About Youth I wrote this when I was going through an emotional time after my first sexual experience.( Annie is a fictitious name) I felt guilty when it happen. I didn’t want to remember  GOD was watching me. I wanted to ask Him to forgive me and to [...]

Reprinted from ” The Leadership” September 1989 volume 2 /number 7 (Profile of a Central Member) Why am I sharing this here?  Ms. Anderson was an example of  a strong African American women whose faith helped her overcome obstacles. Through this interview you see glimpse of her testimony. If she could over come with God’s [...]

Reprinted from Central Baptist Church Newsletter September 1989 Volume 2 number 7″ The Leadership” Earlier this year during the annual Youth day weekend I attended my first Friday evening prayer meeting. I did not want to go even thought I did not have anything planned. I did stand up and share my personal feelings with [...]

THELMA: Before I begin, let me first say, if you and/or a loved one are in a crisis situation and you need immediate assistance, please call your local emergency number or the mental health crisis hotline listed in your local phone book. In your introduction, you state that you’ve been there – you’ve been depressed.  [...]

I was inspired to write this post because I am taking part in the ezine articles 100 articles in 100 days challenge. I thought about how Straight Gate Ministries, lesser known local ministry was one of the first ministries in the St. Louis metro area to began to build an online presence and how people [...]

I was reading  Sandra P Aldrich book From One Single Mother to Another in  the chapter, “Guilt Who Needs It?” she  explains the three types of guilt. Aldrich shares, “Guilt can keep us  trapped and defeated. And the  enemy loves to have us beat ourselves up emotionally. The devil knows we can’t do the Lord’s [...]

The speaker at the woman to woman retreat talked about the Esther factor. She talked about how Mordecai had groomed and prepared Esther to be Queen. She shared how Esther lived in what we call a spa environment. The Bible tells us she received six months of myrrh and frankincense treatments. She told us when [...]

The princess and the frog is good story.  Princess Tiana was busy living her life when love found her. She was working as waitress and saving money when Prince Naveen came to town.   In the bible several woman were working when love found them as well.  In the book of Exdous,  Zipporah was watering  her [...]

Dr. Wanda Turner talks about how we can still serve God in spite of our issues in her book Even with My Issues. She defines pride , “ as our awareness of who we are  we focus on ourselves. Dr. Turner states, , “ Pride robs us of blessing and intimacy with God and leaves [...]