Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds
Thanks to the move of God mixed with the technology of the Internet we have a way to organize our lives,
our past and present thoughts, achievements and our hopes and dreams for the future. In some way, this methodology allows
us to communicate with others who share our vision, truths or even want to shake us off our soapboxes by showing us our errors.
Maybe our connections will prove trans-formative that we of like minds can find each other and continue to help make a better
world. In some way I hope this website will be like Joseph's coat of many colors that his father stitched together for
him. Maybe it will be like the pieces of cloth I saw my grandmother use to sew a patch quilt. All the fragments which initially
looked like they were just scraps with no purpose provided warmth and comfort once stitched together. I hope somehow the fragments
of our lives once stitched together by our God will help make this a better world.
In this site, you will see some
of my recent columns that I have written for the Washington Post and some of the 200 newspapers who use my commentary
through the National Newspaper Publishers Association. In addition, you will be able to order any of the five books
I have written. The first one was Jesse Jackson, America's David. This was the first unauthorized biography of Jackson,
released in 1984, as a later edition of the original book entitled Jesse Jackson, The Man, the Movement and the Myth. Because
it exposed the flaws of the movement and the man-- as well as the strong points-- the book resulted in death threats
on my life. Nevertheless it still stands as a classic and a prophetic undertaking that warned of many errors that
have now come to past.
And Still We Rise, published in 1984, has short profiles of many leaders,
such as the Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., newsman Carl Rowan, Alex Haley, Ray Charles, Wilma Rudolph, who have gone on
to be with the Lord. But I was able to talk with them and now I share with you some of their purpose and principals
they left behind.
No I Won't Shut Up: 30 Years of Telling it Like it Is, contains some of my best
writings from my years at the Chicago Tribune, a co-founder of Dollars & Sense Magazine, my 13 years as a columnist
and editorial page editor of USA Today. It also includes special reporting on the coverups, & Conspiracies involved
in the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. There is also a special report
on Sons Under Siege: Breathing While Black. Of equal Importance there is a special section of how America's top black
doctors are being imprisoned, their practices closed by our government at a time when the health of black America is at crisis
levels.
My fourth book, "Out of Hell & Living Well," is my spiritual autobiography,
which documents how while soaring professionally, I almost drowned in a private hell resulting from the collective pressures
from a troubled past. This book is being used by churches, retreats, business human relation offices and prisons to help people
with problems of rejection, low self-esteem, alcoholism, drug addiction and depression.
My fifth
book, Doing Good in the Hood: The Life, Leadership &Legacy of Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. senior pastor of Greater Mt.
Calvary Holy Church, 610 Rhode Island, N.E. It tells the story of how a boy born in abject poverty in the ghettos of
Washington DC rose from a store-front preacher to a world stage of evangelism. Moreover, he has helped reshape Pentecostalism
through a focus on education, excellence and building community institutions.
I share my love
of journalism with a passion for ministry. Lately the two have become fused into one. I teach prophetic ministry at the Howard
University School of Divinity. In addition I am director of the Harriet's Anti-Drug Ministry at Greater Mt. Calvary Holy
Church. It is a deliverance ministry which through the power of Jesus Christ snatches surrendered alcoholics, drug addicts
and cigarette smokers from their addictions. "Get Right" services are help in the chapel of Greater Mt. Calvary
every First Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. The Holy Spirit presides over the service and faithfully ministers personally
through the anointed preachers.
I also hope this site and the information located on my blog about the Miracle
Wall In Inglewood, CA, will help to start or continue a conversation about "signs and wonders," angelic visitations
and other strange occurrences that many people have witnessed in these last days. Often when we encounter these strange things,
we might think we are alone. In Inglewood at the church of Dr. Jynona Norwood, I saw scores of images of Christ, the
Virgin Mary and many other saints that miraculously appeared on her sanctuary walls. (a more complete report of this is on
this site and on my blog.) Other ministers and people I trust have reported seeing angels in the sky as large as jet planes,
huge signs of the cross written in the sky and stars overhead so close it seems you could reach out and touch them. For those
of us who have seen or experienced signs and wonders I hope we can share some of our thought on my blog.
Finally
I happily anticipate my new TV show which will be started in March on ACCESS channels across the nation. It is called the
Point and I will host it with a panel of incredibly interesting and bright African-American women. They are: Traycee Gales,
Mertine Moore, Ella Coleman and Eunita Winkey.
