About Maurette Brown Clark

The Grammy Awards are returning to New York City after over a decade of being in Los Angeles. . Throughout much of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the Grammys essentially rotated back and forth between New York and Los Angeles, before setting up shop long-term at the Staples Center in L.A. beginning in 2004. Speaking […]

And the well deserved honors keep coming for Pastor Shirley Caesar! The GMA (Gospel Music Association) Foundation has announced its inductees and honorees for the annual GMA Honors Celebration set for Tuesday, May 9, at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The event honors individuals and organizations that are impacting our culture both past […]

It’s easy to trust God when things are fine. Bills paid, ways made, kids behaving, no phone calls from the teachers, spouse fine, health good, a career you like, money in the bank, money in your retirement fund, having a retirement fund…things just going good. But it is infinitely more difficult to trust him when […]

Patti Labelle is set to release new music! The album entitled Belle Hommage will be her first release since 2008 and finds the legendary artist stepping in to the world of jazz. This will definitely prove to be an earful of happy. In addition, she has just released a cookbook entitled Desserts Labelle: Soulful Sweets […]

Kirk Franklin penned an award winning song for Tamela Mann entitled, “God Provides”. This is so true. God is provider. Just like in the Bible where Jesus fed 5,000 with two fish and 5 loaves of bread, he is making that same provision for you. Even the children of Israel received manna from heaven. He […]

White House correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Networks, April Ryan will be honored as the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2017 Journalist of the Year. The NABJ “recognizes a black journalist who has a distinguished body of work that has extraordinary depth, scope and significance to people of the African Diaspora.” […]

Dear Mama: An Event to Honor Moms will take place at the famed Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, California and airs Monday, May 8th at 10 PM ET/PT on VH1. With performances by Maxwell, Kelly Rowland, DJ Khaled, Ludacris, Robin Thicke and just added, Mary J. Blige and Halle Berry. Catch […]

Today is the National Day of Prayer here in the United States. It is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are asked “to turn to God in prayer and meditation”. This year’s theme being “For your Great Name’s Sake! Hear us…Forgive […]

“Blackish” Star Anthony Anderson has been selected to host the second biennial Andrew J. Young International Leadership Awards and 85th Birthday Celebration to be held Saturday, June 3, 2017 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta. The awards, presented by The Andrew J. Young Foundation, will pay tribute to Ambassador Young for his civic service and […]

In this world today, it’s easy to focus on everything else but God. We have our families, our careers, our finances, everything. Well first things first. Let’s start each day and continue throughout the day with one focus – focus on God. He is the author and the finisher of our faith. Look to Him […]