https://vimeo.com/591579754 “Fight Discouragement with Focus” By Rev. Jocelyn Mann  from Emmanuel Baptist Church Brooklyn on Vimeo. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-181

1 Samuel 1:23c-28 | MSG So she did. She stayed home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. 24 Then she took him up to Shiloh, bringing also the makings of a generous sacrificial meal — a prize bull, flour, and wine. The child was so young to be sent off! 25 They...

Yesterday was my 59th birthday! I’m grateful to God to be alive. Neither my gratitude nor my joy can be tamped down—by any or all of that. Now, I understand, more than ever before, how short and precious life is. Younger people may hear that reflection, and it will...

https://youtu.be/KPSFy-GUYTw Scripture: Isaiah 11  

COME CLOSER! BY REV. ANTHONY L. TRUFANT John 11:17-20, MSG & NRSV NRSV: When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to...