You Were Born with Purpose You are not an accident! God created you to have meaning in life. No matter where you started, how you got here, or what you are doing, God can and will use you for His works. I use a 7 step process to get clarity on my call. I often second...
A mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Working for NASA, her work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury and...
An African American civil rights activist whose refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, spurred the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in...
Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York’s 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first...
Maya Angelou was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” (1969), tells of her life...
Dr. Patricia Bath was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and educator. Born in 1942, she became the first African American woman to receive a medical patent, for inventing the Laserphaco Probe, a device improving the treatment of cataracts. She also...
Spotlighting Phillis WheatleyFirst African American author of a published book of poetry, “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” in 1773. Born in West Africa and brought to America as a slave, Wheatley was emancipated shortly after her publication. Despite...
Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree. In 1843, She had a religious experience and changed her name. She became an itinerant preacher. She became an influential abolitionist and women’s rights activist. After...
Harriet Tubman, born into slavery, was a fearless and powerful abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the Civil War. Her deep Christian faith guided her as she led hundreds of slaves to freedom via the Underground...
Has someone ever offered to pray for you, and you couldn’t come up with a prayer request. Maybe you were in a place where you could not identify any problems in your life, or you didn’t want to share specifics. Here are a few ways to take advantage when someone offers...
Walk in self confidence so that you can start that ministry or business, write that book, ask for a promotion or raise🙂. Women over 50 shoutout!!! I have often not felt comfortable doing what God calls me to do. ⚠️ I started a church in 2012. For years, I would not...
