Dolly Parton was the kind of human every person who claims to be Christian should strive to be and the world is a little less beautiful without her in it.
Happy 50th Anniversary to "What's Happening!" (1976)
Much love to Ernest Lee Thomas & Haywood Nelson 💙💙
Rest easy, Danielle Spencer, Fred Berry, Mabel King & Shirley Hemphill 🕊🕊🕊🕊
The third solo album from the Empress of Soul, Ms. Gladys Knight, was a pivotal point in her career. Not only did it permanently separate her from The Pips, but it positioned her to update her sound. The melding of Urban Contemporary, New Jack Swing and Gladys' beautiful balladry, all worked together. The singles "Men", "Meet Me In The Middle" and "Superwoman" (which featured Dionne Warwick & Patti LaBelle), charted well and gave Gladys' long-standing career a musical jolt. The album reached #1 and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. 🖤
Check out the songs: "Where Would I Be", "This Is Love", "Mr. Love" & "Good Woman"
Mood 🎧
Artist: Gladys Knight
Album: Good Woman
Released: 1991
Label: MCA Records
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#GladysKnight
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Happy Birthday to former President Barack Obama, a consequential figure in our nation’s history.
I cherish our relationship and the opportunity to have worked together before, during, and after your presidency. I have always known you to be a man of integrity, intellect, and insight.
Wishing you a wonderful birthday and many more. Enjoy your day Barack Obama.
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Kamala Harris: I know this is going to be controversial coming from me in particular, we need to revisit the electoral college. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court. We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
Happy birthday, @CoachCoriClose! 🎉🎂🥳
Our uncommon leader! Thank you for showing us how to always do things the right way. Your passion for this program and these young women is unmatched, and we’re grateful to call you our coach!
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🎬CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE🎬
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⬜️SOUNDTRACK FOR THE FILM EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY TEMS⬜️
🚨IN THEATERS JANUARY 15TH 2027🚨
Another day. Another racist death threat via voicemail.
A triggered white man called my church and declared, “Time to toe tag a n*gger preacher who doesn’t know a f*cking thing about Jesus.”
Let’s be clear about what that means. A toe tag is placed on a corpse in the morgue. This wasn’t political disagreement. This wasn’t theological debate. It was a death threat.
Why was he offended?
I posted a depiction of Jesus as a Black man.
The same people who lecture everyone about “Christian love,” “religious liberty,” and “ending hate” are often the first to resort to racist slurs and violent threats when their mythology is challenged. If your faith is so fragile that a picture of a dark-skinned Jesus drives you to threaten murder, the problem isn’t the picture, it’s the wickedness in your heart.
I’ve reported this threat to the FBI. The current administration has repeatedly said it will vigorously investigate threats against churches and violations of religious liberty. We’ll see whether those promises apply when the target is a Black pastor and the person making the threat is one of their own.
Let me make one thing perfectly clear:
I will not be intimidated. I will not be silenced. I will not stop preaching the Gospel. And I certainly will not stop exposing the sickness of racism that continues to masquerade as Christianity.
Jesus wasn’t threatened because He preached comfort. He was threatened because He challenged the system.
Some things never change.