Raconteur
21st Aug 2010Posted in: Raconteur
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At the core, if not the center, of the Africans’ experience in America is the vast concept of culture. Defined as “the sum total of the languages, mores, music, art, foods, styles, religions, child-rearing, rituals, achievements, contributions, struggles, faith, and other patterns of behavior and interpretations of reality,” culture both defines the greater Black community [...]
We don’t tamper with Scripture. When it says at I Corinthians 13:13, “And now abideth faith, hope, love these three, but the greatest of these is love.” That’s the truth. I recently learned about a little girl in Charlotte, North Carolina whose name was Hope; Hope Stout. She was twelve years old and terminally ill. [...]