By Shewanda Riley A number of years ago, I watched the 1945 version of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and it reminded me of the struggle […]
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Preserved – Surviving a Relationship Recession
By Shewanda Riley For the last few months, you cannot turn the TV on without hearing words like recession to describe our country’s current economic situation.  Not a day […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Your Faith…Unchained
By Shewanda Riley “Auntie Wanda?  Are you okay?” I peeked through my fingers which covered both of my eyes and nodded my head at my teenaged niece and nephew […]
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Preserved by Purpose – Regifting God’s Grace
By Shewanda Riley Regifting. Chances are that you have either done it or have had it done to you. And for many people, regifting is the simplest way to get […]
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Preserved by Purpose:Â Avoiding the Entitlement Trap
By Shewanda Riley It’s the most wonderful time of the year or so the well-known song by crooner Johnny Mathis would have you think. For some people, the holidays are […]
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 Preserved by Purpose: The Truth of the Light We Carry
By Shewanda Riley Comments like “I know that’s right” echoed throughout the Fox Theater in Atlanta the first weekend of December as the sold-out audience responded to the insightful statement […]
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Producer Charles W. Bush Announces Hello Coco’s Guardians Private Screening
Embargoed News Release In Guardians, James DeWitt III stars as Jack, a reluctant hero who rescues people for a living and is determined to slow down and live a more […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Between Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going
By Shewanda Riley A number of years ago, I had surgery that quite frankly terrified me. The surgery was necessary, but I was extremely nervous. I wasn’t concerned as much […]
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Preserved by Purpose: The Immortal Life of Peace
By Shewanda Riley The story of Henrietta Lacks, a Virginia mother whose cells have transformed medical research for over 70 years, is both amazing and heartbreaking. Cells taken from her […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Thankful that Over Ain’t Over
“Over ain’t over!” My former pastor, the late Rev. Dr. Jerome McNeil, stated these words a number of years ago in the middle of a sermon about having hope in […]