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We are CELEBRATING 150 YEARS of READING & WRITING for the entire month of July! Part of our celebration includes the sharing of 31 Black Women Writers for 31 Days of July! And, please, please be not surprised when you find me closing out the pack and the month, as not only a writer but a publisher, a photographer and a production artist extraordinaire for the cause of Christ Jesus. This is how we do it!  I did some research and it seams to me, it's been somewhat legal for black folks to read and or write for right at one hundred and fifty years or at least since 1870! Praise be to God, Anti-literacy laws are no longer  prevalent here in the land of plenty! Also, please know and understand many white people sacrificed much in opposition to the law of the day, to teach black people to read and write.  And finally, please know and understand, it's a one-sided thing to read the thoughts and  ideas of others, while it's a whole other animal to form thoughts, ideas an...

CORRECTION_Georgia_Chase_Deadly_Shooting_17170.jpg "There is a famine in the land of plenty and it is no different today then it was ... way back then for Ruth and Naomi. IF you think it was about food then you are sadly mistaken. There is a famine in the land of plenty and it is a lack of no thing but LOVE. All we do is find something wrong with any one somebody and then boom. We do not really believe in the POWER of God our heavenly Father .We do not really believe in His power to turn any and all life unto Him. Jesus is Justice I am not sorry to tell you, but you have it twisted. Justice is an earthly thought. Justice is a worldly thought. Reconciliation is possible without justice. Because of the transforming love of Jesus Christ reconciliation is possible without justice.  Jesus is justice for all who believe in and on Him. When justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.  His name is Jesus. Just...

Twenty- one years ago Video Girl  was two and Muffin Man , well Muffin Man was not even thought of by me. But, God had struggles, plans and surprises little ole me, had zero knowledge of! The year was 1998. The month was August, when I started on this journey. I had renovated my 1899 victorian dream house once and the contractors were putting the final touches on the second renovation (due to th e storm - April 1998) when the Lord sent be back to school to learn visual communications at what was then Nashville Community College (Nashville State Tech).  Y'ALL, the great state of Tennessee paid for ALL of my books, supplies, travel expenses, and paid me around $220.00 dollars per week to attend school! They even bought me a 35MM camera for my photography classes. Oh and know this was NOT any type of welfare program!!!  I qualified for the program because I had worked in the Western Boot Industry (Boot Country) and reeducating boot factory workers was p...

In my person I am working on week seven of fifty-three weeks of rebuilding biblical foundations: A year long study of Genesis 1. But in my spirit it’s already done! This week our Key Word is SPIRIT and know I have never sat down to write about the working of the Holy Spirit in this my one life but I’ve shared a many life stories of his movements over the years with folks, family, friends and foes.  Many folks, friends and foes are forever seated on the bandwagon of MYSTICS and MAGIC in regards to the Holy Spirit but this black girl sits with the MASTER until HE molds and makes my crooked paths straight.  I know the word MASTER makes many of you and maybe even me think back to a time when our ancestors were slaves. I get it! But what we need to know and fully understand for most black women and a few white women, that's is exactly where and when it all started. The it I'm speaking of is the  relational  comforts some folks are privileged to enjoy and ...

KWBS debuts exclusive WOOD & WORD limited-edition signed standard size fine art photography (DARKNESS) print collection later today via The Good News Sunday Show  and Key Word Bible Studies!