As a Doctoral of Ministry candidate, completing a dissertation is mainly a matter of perseverance. My dissertation is a product of several drafts that will eventually become a scholarly book. When writing my dissertation, one of the most difficult intellectual tasks a person can do, commitment to the process has been the most important thing. Therefore, writing has become a part of my work-week routine. Finishing my dissertation will be one of the best things I've ever done.

STOP FOLLOWING THE CROWD AND PURSUE YOUR PASSION [if !supportLists]1. [endif]Our heart and our treasure end up in the same place when we are feeling good about what we are doing. [if !supportLists]2. [endif]It impairs your peripheral vision – and creates shortsightedness. [if !supportLists]3. [endif]The crowd mentality makes us, the humans, do stupid things. [if !supportLists]4. [endif]People always want what other people want. They do not want what nobody

Misconceptions about African American single mothers and their families are insidious and deeply entrenched. They are stereotyped as inferior, non-productive, and dysfunctional for themselves and society. Typically, research about them has been pursued through conventional paradigms based on models and concepts of the dominate culture that have created many myths and distorted portrayal. What does it mean to be an African American single mother and parent? How should we co

Webinar Host - Curtis and Pamela Robinson, Sr. Join us Thursday, November 17 at 6:30PM EST - 8:30PM EST for two powerful sessions led by Curtis Robinson, Sr. - Topic: African American Males and Mental Illness and Pamela Robinson - Topic: “It's a White Thing”: An Exploration of Beliefs about Suicide in the African-American Community. On Friday, November 18, at 6:30PM EST - 8:30PM EST. We will close out this event with two sessions led by Kendra Davis-Burch - Topic: Mental Heal

Pamela Robinson, WMU Alumna and Theresa Bell, WMU Student Mentee "Get involved in somebody else's dream." "What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you." YOUR dream will never come to pass until you get involved in helping someone else's dream become a reality. "What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you." Get involved in somebody else's dream.In order to possess something you do not yet have, you must be willing to plant something that you