COVER STORY: Rev. Calvin McKinney: He’s a builder
By Jean Nash Wells
Rev. Calvin McKinney felt the call to ministry when he was a young boy, just 15-years of age. Though he came from a strong Christian family McKinney says he never divulged his feelings to anyone. “Being a teenager, those were things you just didn’t talk about,” he said. It was a traumatic incident that caused him to face the reality of his calling.
A Shepherd's Corner - Reginald T. Jackson
By Rev. Jackson, Pastor of St. Matthew A.M.E. Church, Orange, NJ
and Executive Director of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey
In New Jersey we are in the midst of a gubernatorial election. Elections are always an interesting time in this state especially, it seems, for Black ministers. With another election has come another controversy involving Black ministers. On September 26 I and a group of colleagues announced
FROM THE HEART: A Summer Surprise
By Rosemary Sinclair
Because I do not do well in extreme heat and humidity, I cannot consider myself a summer person. Even so, I would have to categorize this past hot and stormy summer as overwhelmingly enjoyable and exciting.
My View
By Rev. Theresa Nance
Prolific rapper Kanye West said, "President Bush doesn't like Black people." Perhaps brotherman has an inside track or the 4-1-1 on something we, the public, don't know. Truth be told, I don't know whether Bush likes Black people or not. I do know this, however: somebody's gotta answer for this travesty in Louisiana.
From the publisher’s desk...
By Adrian A. Council
Greetings in the name of our resurrected Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ, and in the spirit of our ancestors, the great torchbearers of wisdom who illuminate our path. Special salutations to our dear sponsors – advertisers and the many churches, mosques, businesses and community institutions that have said “Yes” to The Positive Community’s Great Roll Call to Progress.
THE WAY AHEAD: Katrina Middle Passage
By Mwandikaji K. Mwanafunzi
Striking similarities exist between Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, slavery, and the middle passage. I say “aftermath” because the actual storm was less hellish than the flooding of New Orleans that followed it. Human decisions caused the flooding tragedies. The same was true of slavery and the middle passage.
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