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News
Pastor Lydia Ford introduced her husband’s second wife at LifeWorks Church near Cleveland. Israel Ford cited Exodus 21:10 as Ohio’s bigamy law raises questions.
New Barna research finds 41% of Black adults ages 18 to 35 attend church more often than a year ago, and 48% name prayer as a reason they attend.
The 58th GMA Dove Awards return to Bridgestone Arena Oct. 5, 2027, after a year in which U.S. Christian and gospel streams rose 18.5%.
Buffalo community advocate Kenya Hobbs was surprised with the 2026 DEIA Legacy Award from the Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association after three decades of service.
Gospel
Jesus’ own claims, the Godhead, the empty tomb and more than 500 witnesses equip Christians to explain why Jesus Christ stands alone.
The hundredfold harvest is often preached as a financial return. The parable of the sower, Isaac’s famine harvest, and Mark 10 reveal a fuller picture.
Speak those things which be not as though they were” is widely taught. Romans 4:17 describes God, who watches over His Word to perform it.
Matthew 18:18 is central to spiritual warfare prayer. Its Jewish background and Greek wording reveal where the believer’s authority comes from.
“Touch not mine anointed” and “don’t put your mouth on the man of God” are used to shield leaders. The Hebrew text and Scripture tell a fuller story.
Inspiration
David was left with the sheep while his brothers stood before Samuel. His story shows how God sees the faithful service people overlook.
A quiet kitchen moment leads to a devotion on Psalm 27:4, Hebrews 12:2, and Psalm 16:11, and the joy of coming to God just to see Him.
Dianna Hobbs reflects on seven years of brain injury recovery, Paul’s call to give thanks in every thing and the empty tomb as the greatest reason for praise.
Finding Gratitude in the Dark releases November 2, Dianna Hobbs’ 50th birthday. Seven years after a brain injury, she shares how a gratitude series she wrote on Your Daily Cup of Inspiration became a book.
For nearly two decades, Your Daily Cup of Inspiration has met women in hard seasons. Dianna Hobbs' devotions now publish in EEW Magazine Online.
Wellness
A Dallas church has run a mental health ministry for a decade. A $10,000 grant will train lay facilitators in trauma education.
TikTok now returns no results for BPC-157 and other popular peptides. Here’s what peptides are, what the science shows and the risks of injecting them.
Former BET and MTV host Ananda Lewis died at 52 after urging women not to skip mammograms. Her story and what Black women should know about screening.
Black mothers’ mental health symptoms are less likely to lead to diagnosis or care. Two Massachusetts cases show what’s at stake.
Serena Williams credits a GLP-1 with better health. Research on how these drugs affect Black women’s muscles and bones is still catching up.
Entertainment
Faith carried Sherri Shepherd through fear onto “The View.” Now she is Broadway’s first female Genie in “Aladdin,” through Jan. 3, 2027.
Jimmy Jenkins’ modern-day Nativity premieres Oct. 24 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden before opening in select theaters Nov. 13.
Gizelle Bryant, who once served as first lady of Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple, stars in and executive produces BET’s new megachurch drama “Church Wives,” premiering Nov. 4.
Fantasia and Tank star in Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas, a Netflix holiday drama with CeCe Winans, Yolanda Adams and music by Kirk Franklin. Nov. 11.
At 22, Victoria Monai Richards co-wrote, directed and stars in Search Party: Where’s PawPaw?, a faith-rooted family comedy with Tichina Arnold and Tommy Davidson.
Ministry
Medika Mamba, a therapeutic peanut paste made in Haiti, helps severely malnourished children recover as a new U.N. projection shows cases climbing.
Drought and war are deepening Sudan’s hunger emergency as World Vision, WHO, the IRC and local volunteers work to reach malnourished children.
World Vision’s new Price Shocks report finds mothers in Haiti and Ethiopia working hard and still struggling to feed their children.
A breastfeeding mother’s lump turned out to be breast cancer at 30. Her story is a warning for young Black women, who face twice the death rate.
A plant near Pretoria went three weeks without chlorine, and officials say residents were not warned. Most of the 433 people sickened are children younger than 4.
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