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Lights out for the retired Pope Benedict XVl. They say if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything. That’s where I’m at with the news of Pope Benedict XVI's death. Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict spent his final years at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery within the walls of the Vatican where he passed away at 09:34 (08:34 GMT) on Saturday. His successor Pope Francis will lead the funeral on 5 January. The Vatican said the body of Pope Emeritus will be placed in St Peter's Basilica from 2 January for "the greeting of the faithful". Bells rang out from Munich cathedral and a single bell was heard ringing from St Peter's Square in Rome after the death was announced. Source:   This is how the private ritual for the closing of Pope Benedict X

Over the last eight years, T.O.R.I. has helped the state of Texas, which incarcerates the most people in the U.S., close eight prisons. Nationally revered, trusted, and successful prisoner reentry program—Texas Offender Reentry Initiative (T.O.R.I.)—celebrated the graduation of 98 program participants on Friday, Dec. 16. The luncheon, hosted by T.D. Jakes featured Grammy ® award-winning artists Fantasia Barrino Taylor and Kendall Taylor onstage for an in-depth conversation. Kendall Taylor, who was once a returning citizen and now a notable CEO, shared the stage with his wife to encourage and help inform graduates of their road ahead. T.O.R.I. is prepared to become a knowledge partner and help other national organizations replicate the Texas-based organization’s success.  The in-depth conversation between Fantasia, Taylor, and Jakes touched on criminal justice reform, returning citizens, and how programs like T.O.R.I. are helping them across Texas and soon across the United States. Over

Prophet Lovy Elias in a recent church service shared a prophecy for the upcoming year of 2023. He shares that it will be a dangerous year. It will be a year when the American Dollar will drop to its lowest value in history. He says a cloud is coming over America and if you cannot hear the voice of God you will suffer. Prophet Elias says the storms will blow and you must be able to hear the voice of God to know how to navigate. He also shares it will be a year of great tears, but for sons, it will not because God will give you guidance. He forecast, “it will be bad”, but sons will know how to navigate and weather the coming storms.   Check out the video and leave a comment. Source Here:

  Jesse Duplantis blasphemes God and Jesus Christ in his Christmas Day sermon by wearing a bow as an illustration that he is the gift Jesus Christ gave the Father, rather than preaching Jesus is the gift the Father gave us and seemingly equaling himself to God and Jesus Christ. Jesse applied the text of Isaiah 9:6, an Old Testament passage often quoted during the Christmas season as a prophecy about Jesus, in a way that some people took as blasphemous.   “ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders,” says Isaiah 9:6. “And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ”   “ Where is the government now? ” asked Duplantis in his sermon, “The Gift That Jesus Gave To His Father,” which was published to social media days ago. “It’s on us. The government of the world is on mankind, and because we’re made in God’s image and in God’s likeness, you can call us Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Christ in u

Remember MAGA priest Frank Pavone, who once used an aborted fetus as a prop? This extremist leader of the U.S. anti-abortion movement is getting his just deserts. The Vatican just kicked him out of the priesthood—with no chance for an appeal. The Vatican has defrocked pro-life U.S. priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop who repeatedly told him to stop his partisan activism for Donald Trump. After he put that naked dead fetus on his altar. His profound disrespect for human remains was sacrilegious. I'm glad the Vatican finally agrees. Maybe he can get a job with trump. You can read about it here:

 

Amy Grant is trending right now because she loves her niece. Which I think is really sweet. While in the meantime, white evangelicals scream family values until it's Amy Grant caring for her own family. I'm still waiting for those jokers to realize how absurd they look complaining about Amy Grant after celebrating Trump for the last 7 years. Someone, please tell them how to read the room. You have no moral authority left. The more you talk, the worse it is. Try shutting up for a time, and see how that goes. The amount of LGBTQ people who have been shunned by their evangelical families is tragic. So, thank you Amy Grant for demonstrating Christ's love & being a real auntie🧡

Bishop Lamar Whitehead has been arrested by federal agents and charged with fraud, lying to the FBI and extortion. The preacher preaches a prosperity gospel the only problem with that message is he's the only one that's living a life of prosperity thanks to his members, or should I say victims. The bishop has been accused of scamming one of his parishioners out of $90,000 of her retirement savings by promising to use the cash to buy her a home. He is also being accused of conning a businessman for $5,000. If he is convicted he faces up to 65 years in prison. Whitehead is also being charged with lying to the FBI saying he had only one cell phone, but he had more.

Atlanta Pastor John Onwuchekwa is stepping down from his leadership role at Cornerstone Church, which he co-founded, to pursue bi-vocational ministry. He preached his last sermon today December 18, 2022. Pastor Onwuchekwa plans to focus on speaking, coaching, and helping lead The Crete Collective — a nonprofit group that helps local leaders plant churches in communities of color. He’ll also work with Portrait Coffee, a coffee roasting company he and some colleagues started in Atlanta’s West End. He made headlines in 2020 when he and the church broke ties with the Southern Baptist Convention over what he saw as a lack of urgency in dealing with issues of race. For years, Onwuchekwa said, he preached sermons telling people to build their identity on their relationship with God — not on what they do. Now he finds himself trying to live out that advice.  You can read about it here

Roger Taney left, Thurgood Marshall center, Dred Scott right This is why when people talk about the constitution, legal system, judges, and courts as if those institutions are unchangeable and perfect… I have to give them a serious Side-Eye…. Some of the most horrific abuses of Humanity have been deemed ‘legal’…🙄 The House passed a bill Wednesday that would remove from public display at the U.S. Capitol a statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision, which defended slavery and denied the citizenship of Black Americans. The legislation, which the House passed by voice vote, declares that Taney's authorship of the decision "renders a bust of his likeness unsuitable for the honor of display to the many visitors to the Capitol." You Can Read It Here

For those of us that follow culture’s arts and entertainment, we are very familiar with the infamously kind and personable dancer in the person Stephen “tWitch” Boss. It is with a sad heart that we learned, he committed suicide at 40 yrs young leaving behind 3 children and a beautiful supportive wife. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that police discovered Boss’ body in a Los Angeles hotel room Tuesday. Page Six reported that it appears that he passed from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.   

Rev. Michael Pfleger has been reinstated as the pastor of Chicago’s Saint Sabina Catholic Church after an Archdiocese of Chicago review board cleared Pfleger of sexual abuse allegations brought forth against him two months ago, according to a letter from Cardinal Blase Cupich.   Cupich wrote a letter to the Saint Sabina parish community Saturday, announcing he was reinstating Pfleger as pastor immediately following a thorough review by the archdiocese’s Independent Review Board and outside investigators. The Review Board, according to the cardinal, concluded “there is no reason to suspect” Pfleger is guilty of the accusations. “Having given careful consideration to their decision, which I fully accept, I now inform you that I am reinstating Father Pfleger to his position of senior pastor of the Faith Community of St. Sabina, effective immediately,” he said, in the letter, in part.   Father Pfleger! May God continue to Bless and keep you!' May all that is Evil stay out of your way

Televangelist Rod Parsley has gotten the Christian Community in an uproar with his latest claim that the KJB is WRONG Jesus never said "My God My God Why Have You Forsaken Me." If not mistaken there are things written in the KJB that were included as scribe notes, erroneously. This isn't one of them. It's a direct reference to Psalms 22 which is a prophecy from David describing Christ's crucifixion. In my opinion, Rod is treading on thin ice, here.   Source here

People on the internet are screaming that Paul Whelan was expecting to be included in the trade with Britney but he was not. He said his bags are packed and he was waiting for someone to come and get him out of Russia. Help me understand... Republicans are mad right now because they would have rather left Brittney in prison if we couldn't make a deal to exchange 2 for 1 with Russia? Or are they mad that we got a black girl out before we did the white guy? Just trying to keep score. Paul is a Canadian, born in Canada, and has citizenship in America, Canada, Ireland & England. Don't get me wrong we should stand with him, but those countries should too. He joined the US Marine Corps but he was kicked out for bad conduct and stealing. Russia will largely NOT negotiate because his charge is ESPIONAGE. He got caught with a flash drive of Russian names and had special Russian SM accounts. Night & day distinct from some cannabis oil.  Paul was at the airport in Russia with $80,

  Thank GOD, Brittney Griner is back in U.S. custody following a prisoner exchange with Russia for arms dealer Viktor Bout. Kudos to the Biden administration and all of the American diplomats who made this happen. This administration is awesome. 

My first thought when I heard she passed, was that she sought treatment too late, due to Scientology practices,  this is extremely sad. I have to wonder if it is not time to start asking some questions. One of the promises that Scientology explicitly makes to members is that if you reach the upper levels of Scientology you won't get cancer. They teach against actual medical treatment for illnesses. Both Kirstie Alley and Kelly Preston, two dedicated Scientologists, have died of cancer in the past two years. Condolences to Kirstie Alley's friends and loved ones. Kirstie Alley was a die-hard trump supporter and Scientologist who attacked some who had left Scientology, equated growing rights for LGBTQ folks to acceptance of pedophilia, and who mocked Steven Hawking when he died. She was a talented actress, and apparently a loving mother and grandmother, but not all celebrities who die are worthy of our admiration.  Source Here

According to online sources, Conservative and evangelical leaders are speaking out after Pastor Matt Chandler of The Village Church was restored to his pulpit. This is what he was sat down over .  A couple of months ago Pastor Matt Chandler took a leave of absence following some questionable behavior online. The Village Church (TVC) leader agreed to step down for a period of time after voluntarily disclosing that he had inappropriate communication with a woman on Instagram who was not his wife. Matt was welcome back into the pulpit today with a standing ovation.  Matt Chandler was restored to the ministry with the obligatory standing ovation! @wartwatch @DefendTheSheep @watchkeep pic.twitter.com/kjrY7yEaKB — Todd Wilhelm (@ThouArtTheMan) December 4, 2022

This is another interesting testimony of a 25-year-old who was bound to homosexuality and opened to perversion from the time he was 5. Effeminate. Years bound in crystal meth addiction. Steroids. He thought his life would be over. Then on August 20th, 2021, he went to a revival meeting in Greenville SC to hear  Apostle Kathryn Krick ...one touch from the Holy Spirit changed his life forever. According to Drew, no matter what you are in today, Jesus can set you free!!! Only in him can you find liberty and freedom. Turn your life and desires to him. Your life will never be the same and I PROMISE you it will be the best decision you ever made! You were made in the IMAGE of Christ! Don't let the world dictate to you what your identity should be. It will never compare to the abundant life that God can bring. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11   Source H

I always like testimonies like this one. It’s not easy being transparent about your life and your struggles. I love her strength and I appreciate her honesty. She is helping so many people with her humbleness in her sharing. When a person shares their testimony, it encourages the listener to keep hope alive. It encourages them to keep holding on. It also encourages them that if God has done it for someone else, it’s only a matter of time before He comes through for them. Unfortunately, too many of us are sitting on our testimonies. If God has healed your body, somebody needs to hear that. If God miraculously restored your credit, somebody needs to hear that. If God restored your marriage that was threatening divorce, somebody needs to hear that. If God delivered you from drugs and alcohol, somebody needs to know that God is still in the delivering business.  

Does anyone else wonder about the rising number of these senseless acts? Another senseless act. I don’t know what to make of all these acts of extreme hate. Every day there is a headline concerning this type of behavior. Most are (now) attributed to the attacker having some sort of “mental issue.”  Anyhow, members of a Baltimore church "The Church of the Redeemed of the Lord" are giving thanks that their longtime pastor wasn’t seriously injured during a mid-service assault on November 20. According to news reports, a 55-year-old man allegedly attacked Bishop Jerome Stokes with a hammer during Sunday worship at The Church of the Redeemed of the Lord (CRL). Stokes, 78, received only a minor laceration on one ear. The alleged attacker, whom police say may have been having a mental health crisis, was evaluated at a local hospital.    ( You Can Read About It Here )

What yall think about this? Balenciaga is a luxury fashion brand, marketed to Hollywood and multi-millionaire elites. Recently, Balenciaga dropped an ad campaign featuring young children holding teddy bears dressed in BDSM-style harnesses, kids surrounded by alcohol, and other adult-rated themes. Also included were a number of subtle messages relating to sexualizing children, and satanic symbolism.   In one of the photos, Balenciaga was spell-ed "Baalenciaga" on yellow caution tape. Baal is an ancient Canaanite demon God. Pagans ritualistically sacrificed children to this demon. They also slipped a document under a Handbag that refers to a court case trying to normalize the Online Grooming of Kids. This is not a conspiracy theory, and it's not by accident. This photoshoot would only get the go-ahead from the highest people at the brand.  Balenciaga pulled the ad campaign after a serious backlash. What's even worse - this ad campaign was simply ahead of its time. Gi

Pastor E. Dewey Smith a local megachurch pastor in Atlanta GA, is speaking out to Channel 2 Action News about a financial scheme targeting Black congregations across the country. House of Hope Atlanta filed a lawsuit on Tuesday because of what they are calling a nationwide conspiracy that cost them millions of dollars.  Pastor E. Dewey Smith said before he speaks in the sanctuary of Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church, one of Georgia’s most prominent houses of worship, with more than 10,000 members, he turns to God for guidance. But before he spoke one recent Sunday, he turned to church attorneys too, and in the place where he delivers the good news, he delivered some bad news to his congregation.  “Recently we discovered some information that’s been incredibly troubling,” Smith told his congregation on Sunday. According to Smith, when Greater Travelers Rest bought its current home, it was victimized by a complicated financial scheme. Now, the church has filed a lawsuit saying it

Nancy Pelosi is leaving her position…so sad…I remember when she was chosen everybody was so proud of what she was going to do and she did it. I remember she did an excellent job with Obama…so so so proud of her…I like the way she handled Jan. 6 was historic. She was able to think and act during that assault. She is outstanding for coming to the House as a grandma, blocking President G. W. Bush's efforts to "privatize" Social Security, shepherded Pres. Obama's "Affordable Care Act" through the House past vigorous Republican opposition, and shepherded President Biden's promised legislation through the House: The Cares Act, Infrastructure Bill, Veterans' Bill, Chips Bill, etc. During her 20 years as Speaker, she was the best, most effective Speaker of the House in US History. Brilliant, professional, dedicated, wise, tenacious, immensely effective . . . I could go on and on, salute to you Madame Speaker, you will be missed. 

Shout out to my blog buddy Mr. Gerald Jackson  over at The North Carolina Beat for doing an amazing, awesome, incredible job on this story, which has caused the story to go viral and has forced the authority and the power to be to take action.  Today the Mexican authorities have confirmed that they are now investigating the death of a 25-year-old North Carolina woman as a homicide after the mystery surrounding her death gained national attention.  Shanquella Robinson’s parents were initially told their daughter died from alcohol poisoning while on a trip with friends in Cabo, Mexico, that she left from Charlotte on Oct. 28. But they aren’t convinced that is the truth. “After they said it was alcohol poisoning, we received the autopsy report and it said that her neck had been broken and she had a back spasm there was a crack, the spinal cord was cracked,” Robinson’s mother, Salamondra Robinson, said.  “That took it to a whole ‘nother level because that meant somebody had attacked her.”

Some white faith leaders are speaking out about Donald Trump. "He used us" is trending on social media.  I've been waiting for the church's response to the AntiChristTrump running again. They put in the article below that he used them to win his first election. He said bad things that they didn't agree with but they kept their mouth shut & they will endorse him. Evangelical figures who previously supported Donald Trump are backing off now that he’s announced his third bid for the presidency. “Donald Trump can’t save America,” Mike Evans told The Washington Post. “He can’t even save himself.” Evans was part of a group of evangelicals who met with Trump at the White House, and at one point gave him an award. Now, he says he’s done with Trump. “He used us to win the White House. We had to close our mouths and eyes when he said things that horrified us,” Evans told the newspaper. “I cannot do that anymore.” Robert Jeffress, one of Trump’s evangelical advisers

According to authorities, a crime ring operated out of Houston Texas but stole donations from churches in 14 states across the Midwest, Southeast, and California. The crime ring is alleged to have raided church mailboxes for donation checks, taking approximately $154,000 in donation checks from 36 churches in Fayette County alone. The ring primarily operated during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, when most churches were not holding in-person worship, and many church members would send donations to church mailboxes instead.  

So relationship Guru Derrick Jaxn's wife DaNaia Jackson has spoken a curse on anyone who has her husband's name in their mouth. DaNaia Jackson says to keep her husband's name out of yall mouths. Now one thing I do know you can’t use the LORD for your revenge. You need to let God take care of people who you claim are your enemy.  You don’t have a heaven or a hell to put anyone in. God didn’t tell your husband to become a public figure and mislead HIS people. Your husband fell short along the way and that’s cool we all do. But don’t ever blame anyone but yourselves for the mess y’all created. Shaking my head, she prayed folks' children become vagabonds and orphaned due to their parents' deaths. 

The satanic temple is performing unbaptism for $10, claiming thyself is thy master.  The last days are here. They evidently aren't aware that they have no power to do such a thing. A water baptism is just a show of obedience, and those who don't partake have either never truly converted or are just plain disobedient. A person cannot lose their spiritual baptism aka their Salvation. That is held in the hands of Christ and the Lord our Father and none are able to take it away. Those who proclaim Christ as Savior and then turn away probably never truly converted  or repented. This is so sick.  

The following post from Prophet Abednego Lufile has gone viral and ruffled a few feathers along the way.     I watched the preview of ”Wakanda Forever” and it is undoubtedly one of the most demonic previews I’ve ever watched. It’s all about African spirituality and the marine kingdom. It’s filled with water spirits and a world under the sea. It’s embedded with voodoo and rituals that can easily demonize those that watch this film. This film was carefully put together and there was much studying of African spirituality and deities that are worshipped in the water. African spirituality isn’t empowering, it’s draining, demonic and disgusting. You get zero power from your ancestors, you get demonic ancestral spirits that deceive you into believing you are powerful. Africans, black men, and women, we don’t come from this evil! Though our ancestors engaged in these practices and beliefs, our origin dates back to YHWH in the garden. Evil Practices/false gods known in African spirituality and

Details surrounding Takeoff's funeral services emerged following his tragic death at age 28 two weeks ago. Some folks are upset ( you can read it here) with the Rightwing-leaning Christian Post for putting up the below post. They're saying that TakeOff who was killed this month in Houston Texas, made music glorifying all the things that God hates.  "Our heart breaks for him and his family but we need to be honest about where people go when they die. Maybe in the moments before he died he came to Christ. We don't know. But the life he lived did not bear fruit in keeping with repentance. You're called the Christian Post. I encourage you to accurately represent that name by getting the essentials of faith right. First of which is that it is only through faith and repentance in Christ that someone is saved. Not by going to church and enjoying the worship". 

Why this couple didn't hock, sell, or pawn their guns? According to the article, the Nelson's bankruptcy filing shows they possessed nine guns, valued at more than 18,000 each, and at the time of the filing, they both pointed out their unemployment. An Oklahoma couple named by authorities as “primary suspects” in last week’s murder-suicide that left their six children dead faced mounting money woes, while the husband suffered from crippling pain caused by an old head injury, family members have said. Two adults and six children were found dead on Oct. 27 inside a burning home in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow. Local police on Sunday identified the parents as Brian Nelson, 34, and Brittney Nelson, 32, but provided no information on whether both adults took part in the killings of their children, who ranged in age from 1 to 13. Brian Nelson’s parents, Danny and Marilyn, told the Tulsa World that their son had asked if they could come over at 3 p.m. Thursday to babysit their gra

Bishop Rev. Dr. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth is assigned to be the new bishop in the Greater Northwest Area of The United Methodist Church. Bishop Bridgeforth was newly elected last week at the Western Jurisdictional Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. He will begin on January 1, 2023. He's the first openly gay African American bishop in UMC.   Read more about our new bishop here: https://westernjurisdictionumc.org/wj-2022-elects.../

We see you, Greg Abbott, you know the Black vote is powerful when your racist behind makes your way down to The Potter’s House of Dallas on the Sunday before Election Day. Like I said we see you.   

This is what I call manufactured outrage, Kyrie Irving was kicked off his basketball team, stripped of lucrative contracts, and smeared by the press for promoting a movie. Kyrie posted the below (photo) and got suspended. Irving posted a tweet — which has since been deleted — last week with a link to the documentary “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” which includes Holocaust denial and conspiracy theories about Jews. Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism. I’m still wondering are all these people attempting to cancel Kyrie Irving canceling their Amazon Prime? The platform making money & promoting this film? Hypocrisy is dragging Kyrie Irving for sharing a controversial documentary because he has 17 million followers, but having no smoke for Amazon Prime for platforming the documentary when they have 200 million members. — Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) November 5, 2022

  QUESTION: Are memorial statues offensive to God? Is it idolatry or is it a memorial? Pastor Chad E. Brown ruffled some feathers when he asked the question haven't we done enough to honor Bishop Charles Harrison Mason? He goes on to say that there's a Temple named after him, a street named after him, people named after him, his remains are on-site at the temple, a seminary is named after him, there are pictures everywhere, books about his legacy and the organization he founded is still in existence today! He is acknowledged at EVERY SINGLE MEETING. Folks are even starting to call themselves, "Mason's kids". That's not enough honor? Yall should actually make a big deal out of the bronze graven image. And is there not more that could be done with the almost $100k it cost?! Idolatry is tricky. You can be doing it and not be aware. Somebody is lacking discernment.  And in another post which got a lot of comments:  "The fact that so many people think that the

According to ( this article ) from Nov. 2, 2022, “Hillsong’s latest annual report reveals the megachurch is bringing in $17 million less in revenue compared to two years ago. That’s a drop of almost 20%, due, at least in part, to a series of controversies.”  “The decline comes as former leader and founder Brian Houston faces charges of covering up his late father’s alleged sex crimes. Houston has vowed to fight the charges, which are expected to be heard in a Sydney court this December. He has yet to enter a plea but has indicated he will plead not guilty.”  “Hillsong is also entangled in a Fair Work case filed by former employee Natalie Moses, who alleges the church unjustly suspended her from her finance department position after repeatedly expressing concerns about financial misconduct and questionable expenditures inside Hillsong.”  “Additionally, there are accusations Houston, who has been married to his wife Bobbie for 45 years, sent inappropriate texts to a staff member, struggl

I find this troubling and so ironic that they are spending so much money on advertising when it could be used to feed the poor and help others in need. It’s a desperate move as more and more people walk away from churches. They want to keep their power!  An alliance of Christian media ministries has launched a couple of months ago “He Gets Us,” an extensive $100-million-dollar national ad campaign to share inspirational messages about Jesus Christ with “skeptics and seekers.” It features stark ads with messages such as “Jesus suffered anxiety” and “Jesus was in broken relationships.” The campaign is backed by a group of undisclosed wealthy Christians, funding the initiative through the nonprofit group The Signatry. Their financial model relies on donor-advised funds, which have recently come under scrutiny.

Pastor Jamal Bryant delivered an awesome sermon on Sunday calling Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia out.    “Y’all ain’t ready for me today,” Bryant warned the congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church during his, blistering critique of the former football star.  "They thought we were so slow, that we were so stupid, that we would elect the lowest caricature of a stereotypical broken black man as opposed to somebody who is educated and erudite and focused! “In 2022, we don’t need a Walker, we need a runner,” Bryant declared. “We need somebody who’s going to run and tell the truth about Jan. 6. We need someone who going to run and push for the cancellation of student loan debts. We need someone who’s going to run and make the former president respond to a subpoena,” he continued. “We don’t need a walker. We need somebody who will be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding, knowing your labor is not in vain.” Pastor Jamal Bryant of Atlant

Just shaking my head in amazement. This is why we have a separation of Church and State for a reason. From my understanding of history, the "founding fathers" and the original English colonizers came here in part to escape the imposed Church of England so they could practice their own faith. Anyhow, against the backdrop of ever more Republicans espousing far-right Christian nationalism foolishness a new Pew poll showing 45% of Americans say the United States should be a “Christian nation” might be eye-popping evidence of a shift in public attitudes about government and religion.  Among the 45% who want the United States to be a “Christian nation”: - 28% want the federal government to declare the country a Christian nation, while 52% say the government should never declare an official religion - 24% say the federal government should promote Christian values, while 52% say it should promote moral values shared by many faiths.  Source Here

My condolences to the Butts family and the entire Abyssinian Baptist Church family, on the transition of their pastor, Reverend DR. Calvin O. Butts III, who has gone from labor to reward. Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, the longtime politically and socially active pastor of Harlem's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has died, the church announced Friday. The church did not release a cause of death, but several officials indicated Butts was battling cancer. Mayor Eric Adams ordered all flags on all city buildings, as well as stationary flagstaffs throughout the five boroughs, to be lowered to half-staff, beginning at sunrise Saturday "as a mark of respect for the memory of Reverend Butts."      

  The level of hypocrisy coming from some is astounding. Bishop Jakes did not give the future governor of Texas a platform. From the photos I saw it doesn't look like he was given a platform, he looks like he just went to church, met Bishop Jakes and took some pics with folks in the pews. Unless there are other photos or videos floating around. Any how the racists are mad and upset with their britches in a big old knot....because of Bishop T.D.Jakes the founder and senior pastor of the Potter's House Church, Dallas Texas, had the nerve to invite (not platform) the next hopeful governor of Texas Beto O’Rourke to worship services last Sunday. But it's ok for them to give a platform to a man who brags about s*xually assaulting women? Source Here