Have you been thinking the honeymoon is over? Maybe it has been for a while or maybe it just recently ended. Husbands and wives are finding themselves in a situation where they feel like the person they're married to now resembles a person they simply share living quarters with. Your romance has turned more into a real estate arrangement. There's usually one spouse who feels … [Read more...]
How Overnight Guests Can Strain A Marriage
Having overnight guests in your home can be a double-edged sword. It can be fun to meet friends and relatives you have not seen for a long time. On the other hand, it can take a turn for the worse and be a nightmare. In this article: The Impact of Overnight Guests No One Told You About The Rambunctious Brother The Disruptive Sister How to Deal with Having … [Read more...]
The Marriage Prayer When Your Marriage Is Under Spiritual Warfare
One of the important things to learn in keeping a marriage physically and spiritually stable is a marriage prayer. You and your spouse must see to it to always find your way back to God, especially when problems start to arise. Here are four marriage prayers to help you overcome the spiritual attacks on your marriage. Learn Your Marriage Prayer: 4 Spiritual Warfare Scriptures … [Read more...]
Actor Coby Bell Juggles Wife, Two Sets Of Twins And Three Locations
You may know him as Jason Pitts on BET's The Game, but actor Coby Bell is so much more than a retired football player and actor who even has his own hit dance called the Pitsy Shuffle. Somehow, on top of all this, he's balancing family life in Los Angeles with his wife and two sets of twins, filming The Game in Atlanta, and attending to his new role on USA's Burn Notice in … [Read more...]
President Obama’s State of the Union 2015 Address Recap (Video)
On Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama addressed the nation for his 6th State of the Union address. The President gave a preview of some of the exciting things he would be mentioning tonight in a Facebook video a few weeks back, and was ready to report on some of our country's progress and future goals. The POTUS opened up his speech with clear indicators that "the state … [Read more...]
Gospel Musician Andraé Crouch Dies at 72
Gospel singer, songwriter, and producer Andraé Crouch has passed away at the age of 72. Crouch had been in a Los Angeles area hospital since Saturday after suffering a heart attack. The "father of modern gospel music" was recently hospitalized for pneumonia and congestive heart failure, and had also dealt with cancer and diabetes. Updates of his condition had been posted … [Read more...]
GAME CHANGER: President Obama Proposes 2 Years of Community College for Free! Video Inside!
Every year, we can expect the President of the United States to address the nation during the annual State of the Union address. However, we think this year's address may be the biggest to date. In a promo video for the speech, President Obama announced that he will be proposing that 2 years of community college be free "to anyone who's willing to work for it." Recording the … [Read more...]
Remodel Your Marriage Like You Remodel Your Home
While the honeymoon period is sure to end, the period of being comfortable and settled in a routine doesn't have to last. There's nothing wrong with it in the beginning. Everyone has a schedule, there's not much to think about or keep up with. But routine is where the marriage can start to show signs of aging. Like a home, your marriage may need some renovations. You see the … [Read more...]
“Justice While Black” Aims to Save African American Families Through Education
With the news of the sentencing of Michael Dunn for the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, and with the continued protests in Ferguson, Missouri two months after the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown, black families across America are having tough talks with their children about the criminal justice system and staying safe. One book aims to help families understand what they … [Read more...]
Book Month: 5 Books on Leadership and Success by Black Authors
To continue with our celebration of black authors for National Book Month, I'd like to shift the focus toward leadership and success. It's something we all want, and everyone has a different definition of it. However, how do you get it? Where do you find it? What do you have to go through to obtain it? These 5 books were able to better explain leadership and success to me. The … [Read more...]
Book Month: 4 Great Books to Read With Your Kids Tonight
October is National Book Month, and it always excites me because I am a book lover. I've loved reading ever since I learned how to, and that was thanks, in large part, to my mom who read to me and with me. Of course I read the usual children's books by authors like Judy Blume, Dr. Seuss, and Maurice Sendak, but one thing that was missing from a lot of the popular books were … [Read more...]
The Third ‘Best Man’ Movie Due in 2016
After the overwhelming success of The Best Man Holiday, writer and director Malcolm D. Lee has announced that the 3rd installment, The Best Man Wedding, is due in theaters on April 15, 2016. The cast from the first two movies will be returning, including Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau, Regina Hall, and Melissa De Sousa. … [Read more...]
Iconic Actress Ruby Dee Dies at 91
Image above is from the upcoming film Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee. This afternoon, we learned that legendary actress, Broadway performer, and Civil Rights activist Ruby Dee passed away on Wednesday night. She was 91 years old. Ms. Ruby Dee was the widow of actor Ossie Davis, but kept the name of her first husband, blues singer Frankie Dee. She was most famous for her … [Read more...]
Viola Davis Stars in Shonda Rhimes’ Newest TV Drama
ABC's fall line up will include a new suspense driven drama starring Oscar-nominee Viola Davis, and produced by Shonda Rhimes. The Scandal creator's new show is called How to Get Away With Murder. The series is centered around a criminal defense professor (Davis) and a group of law students who "become entangled in a murder plot that will rock the entire university and … [Read more...]
The End of an Era: JET Magazine Ending Print Publication, Focusing on Digital
The iconic JET Magazine will stop print publishing soon, and will instead, focus on digital publishing as a magazine app. The publication founded in 1951 by John Johnson and owned by Johnson Publishing is making the transition to "adapt to the changing needs of its readers as their desire to get information quickly and easily increases." Their digital magazine app will be … [Read more...]