Faith and Spirituality

Black maternal health, Black maternal health week, Black mothers, Black pregnant women, Black pregnancy, Black pregnancies, Black birthing mothers, Black birthing parents, Black parents, doulas, Black doulas, Black midwives, midwives, Black OB/GYNs, Black doctors, Black obstetricians, faith and spirituality, Rev. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, Rev. Calvin Skinner, theGrio.com

See me as someone you love: Confronting the Black maternal health crisis with faith in ourselves

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solar eclipse, 2024 solar eclipse, faith and spirituality, astrology, cardology, Christianity, Issachar, Bible, Rev. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, theGrio.com

The heavens are telling: Finding spiritual illumination in the shadows of a solar eclipse

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Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter, Black country music, Black country artists, Daddy Lessons, Linda Martell, Christianity, Faith and Spirituality, Religion, theGrio.com

Resurrection, our way: On Beyoncé, Linda Martell and staging our own renaissance

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Faith and spirituality, Christianity, sexuality, sexuality and the church, sexuality and religion, religion, sex and religion, the Black church, theGrio.com

Saints, let’s talk about sex

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Harriet Tubman, faith and spirituality, Women's History Month, Black women activists, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month, Christianity, Black liberation movements, Combahee River Raid, theGrio.com

Do you want to be free? Harriet Tubman and the making of many messiahs

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Tye Tribbett, Melech Thomas, GloRilla, gospel music, Black church, Tye Tribbett Breakfast Club, COGIC, Christianity, faith and spirituality, Rev. Alisha Lola Jones, Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner, theGrio.com

Is GloRilla gospel? Tye Tribbett, Melech Thomas and the art of crafting relevant ministry

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Reesa Teesa, Legion, Tamron Hall, Reesa Teesa TikTok, pathological liars, compulsive liars, WTF Did I Marry, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, love and relationships, faith and spirituality, the Grio.com

WTF Did I Get Into?: The spiritual lessons in the Reesa Teesa TikTok saga

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Hydeia Broadbent, HIV/AIDS, Faith and spirituality, HIV/AIDS activism, HIV/AIDS prevention, theGrio.com

A Song for Hydeia

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Gospel music, Black church, Gospel PBS, Gospel documentary, Henry Louis Gates, Christianity, Black Christianity, Faith and spirituality, thegrio.com

Soul-stirring: What can ‘Gospel’ do for you?

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Mo'Nique, Mo'Nique Shannon Sharpe, Mo'Nique Club Shay Shay, Jay-Z Grammys, What did Jay-Z say at the Grammys, What did Mo'Nique say on Club Shay Shay, love and relationships, love and marriage, Black love, Valentine’s Day, Club Shay Shay, faith and spirituality, Christianity, Rev. Alisha Lola Jones, theGrio.com

‘You and I’: Mo’Nique, Jay-Z, and recognizing the invitation to love

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Jon Batiste, Black music, We Are the World, art activism, music activism, Christianity, Faith and Spirituality, Grammy Awards, Grammy winners, Worship, praise and worship, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, theGrio.com

From ‘We Are the World’ to ‘Worship,’ let’s recognize the transformative power of Black music 

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2024 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential race, who won the 2024 Iowa caucuses?, President Joe Biden, Mother Emanuel AME, Christianity, presidential campaigns, political campaigns, politics and faith, faith and spirituality, theGrio.com

Keeping the faith in a presidential election: Does it only take a song and dance to get the Black vote?

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recovering misogynist, What is a recovering misogynist?, What is a misogynist? What is misogyny?, What is misogyny?, women in leadership, Black women in leadership, women faith leaders, Black women faith leaders, Black women pastors, Black women in the church, Black women preachers, Black women reverends, female faith leaders, Black female faith leaders, Rev. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner, Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Thurman, Abyssinian Baptist Church, sexism in church, sexism in religion, theGrio.com

Learning to walk alongside a leading lady: Refining my faith as a recovering misogynist

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Katt Williams, Katt Williams interview, Katt Williams Club Shay Shay, Katt Williams Shannon Sharpe, Katt Williams Kings of Comedy, Katt Williams Cedric The Entertainer, Katt Williams podcast, Faith and Spirituality, Christianity, Rev. Alisha Lola Jones, Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner, theGrio.com

Don’t hate the playa, change the game: Did Katt Williams offer a resolution for a new era?

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New Year’s Day, New Year's Resolutions, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa principles, Imani (Faith), Faith and Spirituality, Black Pentecostal tradition, Christianity, COGIC, theGrio.com

Celebrating New Year’s and the spirit of Kwanzaa: A meditation on aligning our divine purpose

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Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple, pay disparity, Black Women in Hollywood, pay equality, pay equality in entertainment, inclusion riders, Black celebrities, Black Women's Equal Pay Day, thegrio.com

This Christmas, Taraji P. Henson gave ‘a special gift’ many of us need

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Fantasia Barrino, Fantasia, The Color Purple, Celie, Faith and Spirituality, theGrio.com

Greater than a ‘glow up’: Fantasia reminds us that sometimes you’ve got to ‘lose to win’ 

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Puff Daddy, Sean Combs, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, faith and spirituality, sexual misconduct in hip-hop, sexual assault survivors, sexual misconduct in the church, teh Bl;ack Church, #MeToo, theGrio.com

Money, power, sex: How the church and the hip-hop industry are in bed together

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Advent season, Christianity, faith and spirituality, Rev. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, Rev. Calvin Taylor Skinner, seasonal depression, seasonal affect disorder, theGrio.com

How can the Advent season help us move from despair to hope?

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Reproductive justice, reproductive and sexual justice, abortion access, Roe v. Wade, Black motherhood, Black maternal health, Black maternal morbidity, Black maternal mortality, theGrio.com

How is faith called to advocate for reproductive and sexual justice?

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