Just like puberty, the time when young people undergo hormonal changes that lead to physical growth, Christian growth can be awkward. The process of Christian growth is usually not linear and our progress often in question due to failures and missteps. This week's lesson demonstrates that Jesus knows our nature and offers opportunity for restoration, even (or especially) when we fall.

Disciple Peter picked a peck of imperfect people despite his own personal imperfections and ALL have access to the Prince of Peace who provides the proprietary path to PERFECTION!!!

This week's lesson is entitled, "Prayer". As we often say in black churches, it is ALWAYS time for prayer, and as our situation in this nation becomes increasingly dire, it is certainly no less true. We look at Scripture passages from Genesis, Luke and 1 John to inform our view of approaching God in prayer.

How do YOU approach our omnipotent God, with boldness, overconfidence, humility or some combination of those qualities?

If we learned anything about sin from the previous lesson, it is that we are in need of forgiveness. This week's lesson, "Repentance and Faith", helps us figure out what is necessary to get there.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

The first lesson of this new year is entitled "Sin". The focus Scriptures come from 1 John. We are reminded that those of us who are of God should look like God -- that is, we should be children of light and not darkness, truth and not falsehood knowing that to be anything else lives a life unworthy of Christ's sacrifice to bring us closer to God.

May this new year bring us ever closer to God as we try to look more like our Father.

This week's lesson not only concludes the three lessons on the Trinity -- God our Heavenly Father, Christ our Savior and the Holy Spirit, but it also concludes the Sunday School lessons for 2025. We usually find a lot of things to reflect on at this time of year. This week's lesson asks us to look at our adoption into God's family, something that will require us to look at our thoughts and actions over this past year, as we move into the year ahead. Now is a great time to ask the Holy Spirit to help us leave behind the things that are not bringing us closer to God and focus on being the children that our Father would have us be.

Wishing you all a blessed and prosperous 2026!!!

In this Christmas episode we are reminded to choose JOY, despite the chaos that surrounds us. Scripture tells us that we should count our trials as joy because it produces a work in us that helps mature and complete us.

Wishing you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Kwanzaa to astound ya with its Nguzo Saba!!!

As Christmas quickly approaches, we have a lesson that reminds us what it is all about, JESUS, our Shepherd and Savior. We see that the Heavenly Father's plan for redemption was masterfully executed in the birth, life, example and death of Jesus Christ. This lesson reminds us not only of the Gift, but of the responsibility that comes with being recipients of that Gift. We are responsible for sharing that Wonderful Gift with others. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

This week's lesson is from Matthew 6: 24-34 and it reminds us to look to our Heavenly Father for our needs. We should not be distracted by our situation, our haters or seduced by our desires into believing that God does not provide everything we need.