May 14, 2023
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION
Vol. 28, Issue 17
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African-American News&Issues
“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”
Deron Gadsden
BE Impactful By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D.
What Color Is God?
Bobby Mills, PhD
Mankind’s desire is to play God. To not honor and serve God is a monumental problem. Therefore, individuals have always sought to define God in anthropological terms, rather than ontological being terms. God is a universal ontological being, Alpha and Omega, no beginning no end. Thus, “God is Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth” (John 4: 24). It is Biblically recorded that God was deeply disappointed by the behavior of Aaron and
Miriam because of their bias against an Ethiopian woman’s skin-color. Hence, it is spiritually recorded in the Book of Numbers how God dealt with Miriam and Aaron for criticizing their brother Moses for marrying an Ethiopian woman. “Moses was a meek man. However, God was so angered by the behavior of Miriam and Aaron that he told the three of them to come into the tabernacle of the congregation. God on pg. 3
It was Coretta Scott King who said, “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” This is why Deron Gadsden, founder of BE Impactful, created the nonprofit organization in 2021, that is focused on community empowerment through social intervention, educational engagements, and community improvement projects. As a community, Gadsden noticed that we lacked access to either resources or information in various formats, so BE Impactful acts as a bridge from the community to the resources needed. One of their premiere events includes Black Literature Matters, which occurs every Black History Month and is an opportunity “to expose our community to Black authors, Black publishers, Black publishing companies, and Black bookstores that they may not know exist.” This helps to create a platform for those creatives to come and be supported by a new Impactful on pg. 7 customer base.
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