African American Spirituality in a Hip Hop Culture [Article]
Intro What is African American spirituality? Based on numerous hours of class discussions it almost appears as if what is termed African American spirituality is an enigma. It seems as if the definition in itself would be an easy one to construct. Spirituality is simply defined by Dictionary.com as “the state or quality of being dedicated to God, religion, or spiritual things or values, esp. as contrasted with material or temporal ones.”READ MORE
I Ain’t Speaking to God
For the next few months I have personally decided not to speak to God. Yes I said it I will not be speaking to God. Do not be concerned though, I haven’t fallen off the deep end and seminary hasn’t killed my faith but I have decided that it is time for a change. You see I realized something, when we pray most if not all of our time is spent speakingREAD MORE
What’s Missing From The Trayvon Martin Protests? Boycotts!
While attending a Town Hall Meeting on April 4th 2012 given by The Howard Players, Howard U’s Afro-American Studies Dept, The Congressional Black Caucus and The Journal of Negro Education it dawned on me that something is missing from all the rallies that we have been seeing. Everyone is in an uproar while marching and calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, but what if nothing happens on April 10th? Or ifREAD MOREGo To The Desert – Terrell’s 6th Sermon
Go to the desert was my sixth sermon. This was probably my most challenging sermon because the congregation I was preaching to was my classmates at Wesley Theological Seminary, in our introduction preaching class. To challenge myself I decided to use my classmates as the context that I would be preaching to instead of using my church, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ as the context/congregation which was to receive the message.READ MORE