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Parents Rebuilding their Family and Co-Parenting with Grace
Rebuilding Family: Love, Legacy, and Co-Parenting with Grace

Explore the inspiring journey of rebuilding family after separation through faith and co-parenting with grace. Discover how love, forgiveness, and spiritual resilience can heal broken relationships and create lasting legacies. This heartfelt story shows that restoration is possible when God is at the center of family life.

Engaged
ENGAGED: From Underserved to Unstoppable

For Julia “CEO” Shannon, legacy isn’t a tagline — it’s lives transformed. The Global BuildUp Initiative (GBUI) is more than a program; it’s a proven model empowering underserved entrepreneurs and changemakers to bridge the gap between dreams and sustainable success. Now entering its second cohort, GBUI equips single moms, formerly incarcerated leaders, teen creatives, and more with tools, strategy, and genuine community. Rooted in shared equity and strategic partnerships, it’s where ecosystem meets execution — creating infrastructure, not just inspiration.

Achieve
How Faith and Mental Health Shape a Strong Marriage

In this powerful feature, Sophia Holloway explores how mental health and spiritual alignment are essential to sustaining a healthy, faith-filled relationship. Drawing from research, Scripture, and practical strategies, she unpacks how couples can guard their minds, communicate with grace, and set boundaries that honor both God and each other. Don’t miss this eye-opening look at the inner work that makes covenant love truly thrive—available now in this month’s edition.

Features
Church Hurt: Surviving Spiritual and Emotional Trauma

Church hurt is real—but so is the hope of healing. In this powerful feature, Pastor Colette Toomer Cruz offers a compassionate guide to overcoming betrayal, rejection, and emotional pain within the church. If you’ve experienced spiritual wounds, this article leads you toward spiritual and emotional healing and shows that healing after trauma is possible through faith, truth, and God’s grace.

Engaged
Juneteenth 2025: Despite It All, We Rise

“You tried to erase us. And still, we rise.” In a searing reflection on freedom, erasure, and resilience, David E. Jones confronts the rollback of civil rights protections in 2025—and reclaims the spirit of Juneteenth. From Compton to Galveston, this piece traces the struggle for visibility and justice in America’s ongoing story.
Read the full article. Celebrate loudly. Resist boldly.

Movie
Adolescence on Screen. Fatherhood in Focus

A deep dive into a powerful scene in the opening episode of Adolescence—a new UK limited series now streaming on Netflix—that doesn’t ask for your permission. It grabs you. A full SWAT team bursts through the door of a quiet home with rifles raised, all to arrest a 13-year-old boy.