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Emily Temple

I can’t think of another writer who is quite so universally beloved as Toni Morrison. Her work is magnificent, her legacy is unimpeachable, and she revealed her brilliance at every opportunity. She also taught for many years at Princeton, and I think it’s safe to assume she knew a thing or two about nurturing young minds. Read More…

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The Best Way to Kill a Dynasty Is to Destroy Their Young’

In a recent televised wildlife documentary about a life-or-death confrontation between lions and a pack of hyenas battling for supremacy in the bush of an African game preserve, the narrator described how the advantage favored the big cats due to their strategy of killing the youngest members of the hyena clan. To mitigate the impending Read More…

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Southwest Georgia: African Methodist Episcopal Bishops With Deep Roots

Researched and Compiled by Alonzo Hardy Southwest Georgia: African Methodist Episcopal Bishops With Deep Roots Joseph Simeon Flipper Joseph Simeon Flipper (1859-1944) was the 33rd Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the third president of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. Joseph Simeon Flipper was born into slavery on February 22, 1859 Read More…

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Ministers Gone Crazy All Over The World

Ministers Gone Crazy:  New Orleans minister admits to bilking nearly $900K from his church, parishioners and school Francis Akhalbey Rev. Charles Southall III pleaded guilty to money laundering — Photo via KALB A minister in New Orleans on Tuesday pleaded guilty to money laundering after he was accused of bilking nearly $900,000 from his church, its housing Read More…

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Japanese Spiritual Skills Copied by the World

Japanese Spiritual Skills Copied by the World? Mindfulness has become trendy around the world in recent years – but in Japan, it’s been ingrained into the culture for centuries. Steve John Powell Even moss is appreciated by the mindful Japanese. Credit: Andrew Whitehead/Alamy. As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I Read More…