Posts by Dr. Alice Maria Crawford

Right now countless brides are making plans with caterers and musicians, being  fitted for their gown; hounding their bridesmaids to get their gowns, and so on and  so on. The frenzy…

​I wish I could report that attacking people in churches ended with the horrific Birmingham, Alabama bombing. It did not, In fact we could do several posts on murders that occurred…

We come to church to worship God, to gain fellowship with our. brothers and sisters, and. maybe even to become aware of how to move forward in other areas or…

 For the past couple of weeks we have been talking about African American people of faith who in some way were affected by slavery and/or racism, yet made a difference.…

​There are some people whose talents and abilities not only benefit themselves, or their places of employment, but they also benefit the entire world.  One small, inconspicuous woman named Katherine…

How many of us would spend our entire adult lives working on a cause that seems impossible? Yet this is what William Wilberforce did after his conversion to Christianity. He…

When I was younger, I often wondered how some people become famous and others remain in the shadows of obscurity. Feeling as if certain groups or ethnicities seemed to have an…

There was a woman, born a slave, who not only found freedom, but she embodied truth. That woman born Isabella Baumfree, in 1843 changed her name to Sojourner Truth. She had…

Earlier. today I heard a review about the movie, Harriet, which told the story of Harriet Tubman. Thinking about Harriet Tubman, the thoughts have to go to the South and slavery…

​Today is President’s day when the nation looks to honor the first President, George Washington and the sixteenth President, Abraham Lincoln. Over the. years history has taken a turn to bashing our presidents. I am…