Mainstream faith-based author brings inspiration for Delta Memorial Endowment Fund’s 31st annual literacy luncheon
National best-selling, faith-based author Patricia Haley and her latest novel, "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie," headline the Delta Memorial Endowment Fund’s (DMEF’s) 31st Annual Literary Luncheon.
The event takes place Saturday, April 28 at 11:30 a.m. and will be held at the Italian Community Center, located at 631 East Chicago.
Tickets are $45 per person and may be purchased by calling (414) 213-8199. Proceeds from the event benefit scholarships for high school students through DMEF, a nonprofit corporation of the Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
A trailblazer in the mainstream faith-based genre, Haley self-published her debut novel, "Nobody’s Perfect" in 1998.
It was the first of its kind to repeatedly make numerous best-selling lists, including #1 on the "Essence" Magazine list.
Haley followed the novel’s success with "Blind Faith," "Baby Blues," "No Regrets," "Still Waters" and the anthology "The Midnight Clear."
Her latest book, "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie," tugs at the heart of human frailty and family dysfunction, begging the question can faith in God’s promises and a pinch of unconditional love enable the unforgivable to be forgiven and the painful sting forgotten.
Angela and Sylvia Reynolds are loving sisters with issues in a seemingly rock-solid family.
Angela works to repair a fragile marriage, while Sylvia battles a whirlwind of demons stemming back to her childhood.
When the family gathers to celebrate their parents‚ anniversary, a loved one’s tragic and untimely death causes a chain reaction.
The book reveals whether Angela, Sylvia and their mother can find the courage to tell and to learn the truth.
New Christian magazine, "The Black Scroll" makes its newstand and online debut
Mansfield, Texas (Black-News.com)--The Black Scroll introduces its new Christian resource magazine, Web site, and services. The magazine serves as a mouthpiece that speaks freely on behalf of those that shout to be heard.
It focuses on the needs of its environment, communities, and citizens.
It presents profiles of everyday interests such as finance, health, spirituality and education, while highlighting the anticipation of up-coming events, new gospel releases, businesses, and featured artists and products.
You need it, The Black Scroll’s got it! It is a nonstop visionary tool that provides services such as printing, graphic design, logo design, Web site design, promotions, electronic press kits, and so much more!
All for AFFORDABLE cost! The Black Scroll Web site serves as a great enhancement to the magazine.
It is dedicated to providing a comprehensive online resource pipeline for the Christian community.
Here, visitors have the convenience to make purchases at an online music store and bookstore as well as buy tickets to concerts and events; businesses have the opportunity to advertise broadly to worldwide viewers in the business directory; and churches can list their information in the church directory, which is available to assist in locating churches and viewing their websites.
Religion Page Opinion
Bishop T.D. Jakes on comments by Don Imus
by Bishop T.D. Jakes
Senior Pastor/Founder, The Potter’s House of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas--"Trying to be funny" is a justifiable excuse for calling a group of distinguished young African American women "nappy-headed [whores]," or so says radio talk show host Don Imus about his racial slurs April 4 toward the young ladies of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
Given that Imus and his producer are still employed, one must assume that NBC, their employer, agrees.
With this attitude, is it any surprise that racism continues to poison America?
Jesus taught that "What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’" (Matthew 15:11 NIV)
The fact remains that Imus’s unprovoked racial slurs--which sadly appears to be part of a personal pattern over the years--clearly reveals a deeper malignancy of the heart.
But it is the lack of immediate and meaningful response by his employer that reveals a deeper cancer in America. Press statements and public appearances are mere bandages when someone’s daughter is called a whore for fun.
True healing will come only when individuals honestly address the root of their remarks, rather than making excuses for them, and only when employers and advertisers in our society respond immediately and decisively.
Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken immediately canceled his forthcoming appearance on Imus’s show; others should to the same.
Imus is a broadcast industry professional, who I hold to a higher standard. Imus’s employers are broadcast conglomerates that I also hold to a higher standard. And the advertisers that spend millions on Imus’s show should also be held to a higher standard. Allison Gollust, senior vice president for news communications at NBC, has stated: "We take this matter very seriously." If so, Imus and McGuirk should be unemployed today and the excuses should stop, so that the healing can begin.
On behalf decent moral people of all backgrounds, and specifically for women of color, we heard the so-called joke. But now the entire media advertisers and industry executives should deliver the punch line.
