The spiritual is a combination of African musical traditions and European Christian hymns. They are meditations on the triumph of the metaphysical over the physical realities of slavery. They attempt to answer profound questions: What happens to an enslaved person when she dies? What does it mean if her life has been so denigrated on earth? What does freedom feel like if your only access to it is in your imagination? What miracles of God are needed to get free?
Today’s Top Ten List explores “Messages – Explicit in Implied – in Some African American Spirituals.” Scriptures referenced include Joshua 3; Jeremiah 8; Jeremiah 46:11; Isaiah 2:4; and Joshua 6.
The term "Christian," first coined in Antioch, signifies far more than a religious label; it literally means "Christ-one," indicating a person whose primary identity...
Today we conclude our series: “Ten Lessons for Today from the Christmas Story” with Part 10. The angels announced good news to the shepherds...
As the last surviving member of the Twelve, John reflects on what it means not merely to survive but to “remain” as a calling....
