Essence Quote of The Day

“We can say ‘Peace on Earth.’ We can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside us, then it will not be. –Betty Shabazz

Actress Angela Bassett on God, Privacy and Family

Angela Basset has lit up the movie screen portraying characters that make us believe in life itself. Yet it is her private life and love for God and family that keeps her floating to the top.
“Loving God is like my being black. I just am. [No one says] ‘You know what? I’m gonna be blacker [...]

Take Back YOUR LIFE — Even When It Feels Like You Can’t

“I have always been tired of watching my life just slip through my fingers,” says Wess Morgan who came back to God in the most unusual away. “I think that God heard a silent scream — Get me out of this. I have got to get free.”
Your life can be changed, but it’s your choice. [...]

Casting Crowns sets record with latest debut

Casting Crowns rocked the music charts this week with with the blockbuster debut of the band’s fourth studio album, Until The Whole World Hears. The album scanned 167,432 copies its first week, making it No. 1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Current Contemporary Christian Album Chart and No. 4 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. That makes [...]

Contemporary Christian Singer Amy Grant Turns 49

Amy Grant  turns 49! For the past 32 of those 49 years we, Christian music fans, have shared her life and her passion … singing for the Lord. Happy Birthday to one of the most gracious women I’ve ever spoken with.

Amy Grant Quotes:
- “I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best [...]

Barbadian gospel group comes to N.Y.

The gospel group Silvertones of Barbados will be one of the feature performing groups at two shows on Saturday, Nov. 28 and Sunday, Nov. 29 in Brooklyn. The first show will be held at the New Hope Worship Center, 817 Lavonia Ave., between Barbey & Schenck and the other show at the

SHAKESPEARE GETS SOULFUL IN ‘WINTER’S TALE’ TWIST

R&B and gospel musical Best of Both Worlds opens next month in Massachusetts.
Article Reprint Courtesy of EURWEB

*Gregg Baker, Jeanette Bayardelle and Mary Bond Davis will star in the R&B and gospel musical Best of Both Worlds at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts beginning Nov. 21.
According to A.R.T., “Best of Both Worlds is [...]

BET Health Symposium Brings Stars to JSU

Article Reprint Courtesy of The Clarion-Ledger

Gospel legend Vickie Winans and R&B singers Deborah Cox and Kelly Price will take part in the BET’s Foundation’s Health Symposium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Jackson State University’s Arena, 1400 Lynch St.

The symposium is a national four-city tour that brings together several thousand women of color [...]

Gospel Music Artists Israel Houghton, Chris Tomlin & Mary Mary Among Music Video Finalists

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Be sure to vote for your favorites in the 2009 Gospel Music Channel Video Awards. The nominees are now down to six in each category. Gospel music fans are allowed to vote once per day per category and you have until Friday, November 13th to lock in your vote. The [...]

White Choir Rocks Gospel Contest

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The Faith Baptist Church Choir competes in St. Louis as part of a search for America’s best church choir.

BY TIM TOWNSEND – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — For nearly four hours on a recent Monday night, about 7,000 people, almost all of them African-American, made a joyful noise unto the Lord — [...]

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