Marcia Yetman doesn’t consider herself a writer, but rather an educator. However, so intense was her desire to let others know how God has turned her life around that she obeyed the leading of the Spirit and penned the book, Girl Like Me. Although...
Devon and Valrie Grossett have been married for 31 years, and they both agree that it is not by accident that their union has stood the test of time. They will also be the first to admit that it has not always been smooth sailing in their union,...
JAMES HILL, Clarendon: A Christmas miracle. Yes. We’ve heard it hundreds of times before – the annual cliché tagged to almost any good news in the heights of the Christmas season – but if ever there was a Christmas miracle, it truly has to be this...
Donahue and Julea Knibbs Nelson are now celebrating 38 years of being together as a couple and 31 years of marriage. Their romance reads like a love story, but with the odds of them living together happily ever after seeming quite a far stretch....
In a few days, it will be Christmas, and the usual fanfare has begun. However, for many, it will not be business as usual as the spontaneity of hugging, enthusiastically greeting and just mingling with each other will be tempered. Some persons, no...
Seven years ago, Minister Denise Samuels visited a church service with a former co-worker for the first time and was surprised by the pastor who told her that God wanted her to write a book and that He would tell her when. She visited the same...
Hearing the voice of God is something that many Christians experience regularly. However, there are others who wonder if God still speaks to his people today, and if He does, how can they enjoy this type of relationship? These questions and more...
All her life Stephanie Edwards, an albino, has had negative and hurtful comments hurled at her solely because of her appearance. Abused and mistreated, especially by men, she over time formed the opinion that she hated men and wanted nothing to do...
Hubert Tomlin has recently released his book, Broken Covenants, which he said is a chance for believers to see the Old Testament as not just a “history book” with a bunch of stories, but to look at it in another light. “People should also see the...
Petrina Francis Taylor, features editor at The Gleaner, has teamed up with speech therapist Tracey Rattray-Neil to pen an engaging children’s book titled Danny the Donkey and the Coconut Man: A Book to Aid Language Development. Expounding on the...
These days, Minister Stephanie Jackson has one passion, and that is to have an impact on lives and share the love of God through the One Reaching One International Deliverance Ministries. In a sit-down with Family and Religion, Jackson recalled the...
Stacey A. Palmer is pushing to make her voice heard and there will be no room for failure. With her latest book of poetry, titled Fifty Poems With Zero Fs to Give, released on August 24, she delves into a retrospective look at life. The book, she...
Today, at age 20, Kimone McLeod is an author, a certified Christian life coach, speaker, youth mentor/influencer, and a full-time university student, as well as an editorial assistant at an international magazine and, more importantly, a “Jesus...
There was a time in Raheen Frith’s life when he thought very little about his education or his future. In fact, after finishing high school with just two subjects and not graduating, he said it eventually took quite a dramatic toll on his mental...
Marriage is a sacred institution, and in wanting to keep it that way, Bishop Dr Rakar O. Williams has penned a book, Extra Marital Affair: A Dangerous Game Many Play, which he hopes will shed light on the dangers of having third parties in a union...
Simone Howard is thanking God today for sparing her life from a March 8, 2008 motor vehicle accident where rescuers had to use a Jaws of Life tool to cut her from the wreckage. Among the many serious injuries she suffered were multiple skull...
Keith Thompson, father of Elaine Thompson Herah, was one overjoyed man yesterday when The Sunday Gleaner visited him following his daughter’s stunning performance in the 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics. Basking in the loud cheers from his clients...
Kristen McKenzie knows a lot about feelings of imperfection. In fact, time and again she has asked the Lord why he hadn’t made her “perfect” as she looked into the mirror and saw what she deemed an imperfect face. It didn’t help that throughout her...
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a lot of families having to make adjustments to deal with the stress of navigating their way through online classes and having children at home instead of them being in school, which results in the food and utility...
Today, Pastor Martel Cole is the founder and overseer of the Mount of God Tabernacle Ministries with 12 churches – three in the United States of America, seven in Jamaica, and two in Belize. He has come a far way from that insecure child who bore...
There was a time in Debra Kay Williams’ life when she felt like she was missing out on something. She had a void that begged to be filled. She soon realised that the only way it could be filled was by God Himself. She said she embraced the message...
Resident of Effortville in Clarendon, Andre Hall was thrust with single-parenting duties when his elder child’s mother died when she was just two years old. Dealing with grief, he had to ‘step up to the plate', learning along the way as he tried to...
Having surrendered her life to the Lord, Nicole Kenwood-Brown discovered that it came in phases and different junctures, revealing that her biggest surrender as a believer came one night while in a state of depression and brokenness. “While lying...
Nicole Kenwood-Brown is not into labels, and it is that conviction that has seen her penning her first book titled,Shake Those Labels and Live You Fantasy. She is also in the process of creating a programme called ‘The Label Free Wife’ – where the...
Dr Natalie Evans is today basking in the direction her life has taken her. She reflects with Family and Religion on what she terms a “wonderful transformation in ministry” which took place in her life as she and her husband, Sheldon, were ordained...
