Former President Jimmy Carter and founder of the New Baptist Covenant has long accepted the call to the ministry of reconciliation and sees the spike in race- related incidents as a call to serve this generation. Seeing race as apart of the attacks on the Obama presidency and the rise of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate […]
President Barack Obama has called for “soul searching” but I wonder what are we in search of? What are we looking for that might challenge us to do what is right, just and fair in the eyes of the Law? What do we need that would allow us to look into the eyes of another […]
My day began at 5:15 a.m. though I set my alarm for 6 a.m. My attire had been preselected, my bag packed (which is to be interpreted purse) and I had visited the salon for an evening hair appointment the night before. There was no reason for me to be awake but, I was. I […]
Standing in my bathroom, looking into the mirror as if before millions of viewers and holding a hair brush in my hand, sometimes I want to say, “Good morning. I am Starlette McNeill. This week in race news…” At least for me, it seems that this is how many of our conversations should begin as […]
Many persons celebrated the Labor Day weekend with backyard barbecues, Labor Day shopping, evening concerts and… hair appointments. This coming weekend, I will serve as one of the guest speakers for Sharon Bible Fellowship’s women’s retreat and we will be traveling to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to share in the theme “Fit for the Master’s Use” (II Timothy 2.21). I […]