Trouble the Water ran on HBO last night. Please check the HBO schedule to see when it is on and watch it. We can’t let anything like the response to Hurricane Katrina ever happen again.

The Bible Basics Workbook

by L. LaShawn Brown

So you’ve wanted to learn more about the Bible but don’t know where to begin. Start with this guide to increase your Bible knowledge and vocabulary, one or two words at a time. This is a workbook designed to highlight 63 specific words found in the Bible. It is designed to facilitate Bible study and was originally targeted for youth. Because of its simplicity, it is an ideal curriculum with thirty three lessons that can be done in groups or for personal study. This is the first edition. It is a part of “The Scriptural Scholar Series” developed in 2005. More releases are forthcoming. 100% of the first 100 books sold will be donated to a family in need. Because of the nature of this transaction, we are depending on your respect for God, honesty and the honor system. Please use one download purchase per group, making copies as many copies as necessary for your group. Thank you for your support! May God Bless You Abundantly!!!

The Bible Basics Workbook

Our Behavior Does Matter: A Workbook in Proverbs
by L. LaShawn Brown

The “Our Behavior Does Matter: A Workbook in Proverbs” is a Biblical study that will allow students of all ages an opportunity to learn Scripture relating to human behavior. Based on Ephesians 5:10 “Try to learn what pleases the LORD,” the questions in each section can be answered by searching the Scriptures in that particular group. At the beginning of each set of questions a list of possible Scriptural answers are provided. The actual Scriptures are provided at the end of each lesson in the event that the student has no Bible available or the Bible available is not easily understood. These activities may be done alone or in small groups depending on preference. One suggestion is to complete the work individually first and then quiz one another afterward or small groups can get together to create real life skits using the Scriptures in that section. This will allow the student to not only be creative, but also give them practice in applying the Scriptures to real life situations.

Our Behavior Does Matter: A Workbook in Proverbs

Kanye West appeared on the cartoon “Southpark”. Here is what he had to say:

“SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” IT’S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU’RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE’S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I’M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I’M SURE THERE’S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS… THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S ME!”

The Story

TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. It’s a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.

The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall-twenty-four year old aspiring rap artist Kimberly Rivers Roberts is turning her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. “It’s going to be a day to remember,” Kim declares. With no means to leave the city and equipped with just a few supplies and her hi 8 camera, she and her husband Scott tape their harrowing ordeal as the storm rages, the nearby levee breaches, and floodwaters fill their home and their community.

Seamlessly weaving 15 minutes of this home movie footage shot the day before and the day after the storm, with archival news segments and verite footage shot over two years, directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal document a journey of remarkable people surviving not only failed levees, bungling bureaucrats and armed soldiers, but also their own past.

Directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal and Executive Produced by Joslyn Barnes and Danny Glover of Louverture Films, edited and co-produced by T. Woody Richman, with addiitonal editing by Mary Lampson, Trouble the Water features an original musical score by Neil Davidge and Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, and the music of Dr. John, Mary Mary, Citizen Cope, TK Soul, John Lee Hooker, and the Free Agents Brass Band and introduces the music of Black Kold Madina.

Trouble the Water has been supported by grants from the Sundance Institute, the Open Society Institute, and is a project of Creative Capital.

Farther Down The Road with Taj Mahal


BET: Lift Every Voice

Lift Every Voice: Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT)

The all new ”Lift Every Voice” is a half hour program featuring insightful testimonies from some of Mainstream and Gospel’s biggest and brightest stars.

Hosted by Corey “Co Co Brother” Condrey, the show focuses on each guest’s journey with the Lord in their everyday life. The show also provides an opportunity for our guests to advise others who are living similar experiences on how they can use Faith to overcome adversities.

Current guests include: Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, LL Cool J, Ray Lewis (NFL Baltimore Ravens), Louis Gossett Jr., and Terri Cruz (Everybody Loves Chris).

The show also features the inspirational “Video Of The Week” as well as our “Church Announcements” segment delivered by Reverend Jamal Bryant.

BET: Lift Every Voice – CLIPS OF UPCOMING EPISODES (Kirk Franklin & Terry Crews