Is Black History Month Still Necessary?
As I speak around the country on Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction (http://bit.ly/1IRXq6), I’m frequently asked, “What do you think about Black ...
Posted Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 6:41AM
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Healing for the Holidays: Part One—A Promise
Holidays… They’re “supposed” to make us think of words like thankful, merry, and happy. We’re “supposed” to associate holidays with a phrase like “Home for the Holidays!”
But… what if a loved one is ...
Posted Thursday, November 11th 2010 at 7:05AM
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“I just love Dr. Bob Kellemen’s heart. He is committed and compassionate about helping people. In God’s Healing for Life’s Losses, he writes with a scriptural sensitivity that communicates clearly to all people of all races. Anyone facing suffering a ...
Posted Saturday, June 5th 2010 at 11:59AM
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Quotes of Note about God’s Healing for Life’s Losses
Note: The following Quotes of Note are excerpted with permission from the Introduction to God’s Healing for Life’s Losses (http://bit.ly/dme4R8).
When tragedy occurs, we enter a crisis of fai ...
Posted Friday, June 4th 2010 at 4:05PM
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What will heaven be like?
When the Apostle John peers into the future in Rev. 7:9-10, he does not see a homogenized eternity.
Instead, he sees a multi-cultural future throng gathered together for ever and ever in joint worship of the King of K ...
Posted Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 7:41AM
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It's 1831.
Twenty-eight-year-old Maria Stewart marches into the office of William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of the Liberator, an Abolitionist newspaper.
She demands that Garrison publish her letter to her fellow Black sisters of the Spirit.
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Posted Thursday, February 25th 2010 at 8:05AM
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The Controversy Regarding Black History Month
As I speak around the country on Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction (http://bit.ly/1IRXq6), I’m frequently asked, “What do you think about ...
Posted Sunday, February 7th 2010 at 8:41AM
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The Forty-Day Journey of Promise
Day Seventeen: From Hellcat to Heaven Saint!
“How Can You Forgive Me, Charlie?”
African American believers clung to their identity in Christ. They understood that who they were in Christ redefined how they re ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2010 at 2:34AM
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Black History Month: The History and the Controversy
Would you like to read a fair and balanced discussion of the history and controversy surrounding Black History Month?
You can here: http://bit.ly/7SRxru
It’s a brief, focused discussion of ...
Posted Sunday, January 31st 2010 at 10:54AM
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Would you like to read a fair and balanced discussion of the history and controversy surrounding Black History Month?
You can here: http://bit.ly/7SRxru
It's a brief but focused document on a vital topic that will be in the news the next 30 da ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010 at 8:01AM
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The Forty-Day Journey of Promise
Day Seven: Groaning to the Father of the Fatherless
Note: Welcome to The Journey, our forty-day blog series where we’re learning life lessons from the legacy of African American Christianity. The series is based ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2010 at 6:23AM
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The Forty-Day Journey of Promise
Day Two: The Power of Personal Presence
Light to Walk By
When darkness overwhelms our path, where do we find light to walk by? When we despair even of life, sometimes the power of personal presence is all tha ...
Posted Wednesday, January 20th 2010 at 2:59AM
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The Forty-Day Journey of Promise
Day One: From Victims to Victors
Where Do You Find Hope?
When life crushes the dreams you dreamed, where do you find hope? When suffering invades your life, who do you turn to for examples of moving from vict ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 8:21PM
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Friends,
If you'd like to listen to Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream Speech," I've embedded the entire speech on my webpost today at:
http://bit.ly/7jeddA
Enjoy!
Bob ...
Posted Monday, January 18th 2010 at 9:10AM
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The Forty-Day Journey of Promise
Learning Life Lessons from the Legacy of African American Christianity
Do you desire to learn how to move beyond suffering to the place of God’s healing hope?
Do you long for church community that’s truly a tas ...
Posted Friday, January 15th 2010 at 12:35PM
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Friends,
I have five resources great for Newsletters and Blog Posts for MLK Day and Black History Month.
Contact me if you'd like copies for free: rpm.ministries@gmail.com
Also, from MLK Day to the end of Black History Month I will be posti ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2009 at 4:52PM
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“That’s My King! Do You Know Him?
S. M. Lockridge (born Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, March 7, 1913 – April 4, 2000) was the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, a prominent African American congregation located in San Diego, California, from 1953 to 1 ...
Posted Saturday, December 26th 2009 at 7:43AM
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The Journey: Forty Days of Promise
Learning Life Lessons from the Legacy of African American Christianity
Do you long to grow in your ability to relate across cultures?
Do you long for church community that’s truly a taste of eternity (Rev. ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2009 at 8:35AM
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Read why ten Christian leaders endorse the reading of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul care
Read a free sample chapter on the "Invisible Institution": http://bit.ly/7rfJT0
1. “What can be said of Beyond the Su ...
Posted Sunday, December 13th 2009 at 2:54PM
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Enjoy a Biblical Counseling Conference: In Your Home, For Free!
Do you care deeply but sometimes wonder what to do after the hug?
Through some great partnerships, you’re able to learn how to care like Christ.
And…it’s free.
And…you ca ...
Posted Friday, December 4th 2009 at 7:35AM
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Sacred Friendships Radio Interview on Church Insider
On Monday, November 30, 2009, I enjoyed my first-ever joint radio interview with my co-author Susan Ellis.
Together, we were interviewed for an hour by Shamielle Alston on her program Church ...
Posted Tuesday, December 1st 2009 at 4:58AM
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A Thanksgiving Reminder from a Hero of Black Church History
Absalom Jones was born in slavery on November 6, 1746, in Sussex, Delaware. At age sixteen he moved to Philadelphia, and by age thirty-eight he was able to purchase his freedom. Along wit ...
Posted Wednesday, November 25th 2009 at 8:00AM
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Visit and Follow Our New Website, Receive a Free E-Book
RPM Ministries has a fresh, new look. Same name, same purpose, same address, but easier to navigate and nicer on the eyes.
Visit us at: www.rpmministries.org.
Win a Free E-Book
Win a ...
Posted Tuesday, November 17th 2009 at 7:02AM
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A Voice for the Voiceless: African American Women of Faith
Part 3: Octavia Rogers Albert: Weeping with Those Who Weep
Note: Taken from Sacred Friendships: Celebrating the Legacy of Women Heroes of the Faith. For more information on this book, ple ...
Posted Saturday, September 12th 2009 at 8:28AM
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Sacred Friendships Blog Tour
Whew! It's a lot of work organizing a blog tour.
But...it's also a lot of fun...and it provides a great excuse for re-connecting with old friends and making fresh connections with new friends.
So...we have 30 sto ...
Posted Thursday, September 10th 2009 at 5:04PM
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