Phillip Bell, Sr & Winona Morrissette-Johnson Funeral Service, PA

11/07/2025

11/06/2025

Black people have a long, rich history of book collecting. Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) owned a small but meaningful collection of classical and religious texts. Her own book of poems (1773) became one of the first published by an African in America, and it inspired others to preserve and circulate Black literature.

11/06/2025

There is always something to be grateful for 🙏🏻💖

11/06/2025

A Season of Grief

Fear of the Future

“When you have an anxiety or fear, this is a feeling of concern about the future. Sometimes you may ask the question, what if …? And you answer it to yourself. Then you ask the question again, and the second time you answer it, you embellish the answer.

"You can actually create a genuine fear of the future by what goes on in your mind,” says Dr. H. Norman Wright.

The Bible says that God is love. It also says that love cannot coexist with fear. So if Jesus lives in you, you do not need to fear. If you have accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, then He dwells in you and in your mind.

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love” (1 John 4:18).

Lord Jesus, I believe in You, and I want You to live in me. Forgive me of all my sins. Amen.

GriefShare

11/04/2025

Robert Clarence McNeil, affectionately known as “Pearl,” was born on March 20, 1954, in Alexandria, Virginia, to the late Pearl Dinkens Rahming and the late Herbert McNeil. He was the eldest of seven children, and though he proudly carried his family name, everyone simply knew him as “Pearl’s...

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11/01/2025

🚨 Big relief today

Two federal judges ruled that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) must continue using contingency funds during the federal shutdown, preventing millions from losing food benefits overnight. 

For many women, families and communities already facing disproportionate food insecurity, this isn’t just policy, it’s survival. 💜 Every benefit saved means one less worry about where dinner comes from.

11/01/2025

Remedy for Loneliness

Become involved with a Christ-centered grief support group. Many churches have small groups that can aid you in your healing from grief.

“You feel like you’re losing it, and then you hear these other people who have similar incidents happening in their lives. You realize that God prepared the body in such a way that you’ve got to go through this process before you can heal,” says Nancy following her husband’s death.

God does not want you to be alone.

“I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden … so that you will not have to carry it alone” (Numbers 11:17).

A grief support group should have a focus beyond grief itself. In other words, the group should do more than share stories and release emotions. A group with the objective of introducing biblical help for grieving individuals will provide the tools needed to face life’s difficulties and to move toward a new and abundant life. The GriefShare groups are designed for this purpose.

Faithful God, give me the courage and desire to pick up the phone and find a support group to aid me in my healing. Amen.

GriefShare

10/30/2025

Here's my story of living with bipolar disease.