Juneteenth has become a popular holiday in the United States, marking the day enslaved people were liberated in the United States. While the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued in 1863, it was more than two years later — June 19th, 1865 — that slavery’s abolition was finally announced in Texas. With that, the proclamation reached… Read More

A recent Saturday Night Live sketch depicts Zoom church. The fictional Mount Methuselah Tower of Prayer Baptist Church is conducting its Mother’s Day service online. And things do not go smoothly. Loud and sporadic “amen” responses make it nearly impossible for the pastor to preach. Background noises take center stage, like the sounds of parents disciplining… Read More