Harlem Headlines
Jesus Good For The Heart: Better start praying. A new report indicates that having faith can significantly reduce stress. According to the New York Daily News, the study found that overweight African-Americans who regularly participated in religious activities had lower blood pressure than their less-faithful counterparts. In an interview with the paper, the Rev. Shepherd Lee of the Baptist Temple Church in Harlem agreed with the results of the four-year study:
"Say I have a $2,000 light bill due Friday, I don't have to worry because I know Jesus Christ will help me find a way to pay it. We know that Christ will come, we don't have to stress about it."
Amen.
Behind Schedule: A redevelopment project for what was Harlem's largest and most elegant theater is a year behind schedule. The New York Times reports that two finalists have been chosen for redevelopment proposals that would preserve the Victoria Theatre while turning the property into a hotel, condominium and entertainment complex. The theatre, located just a couple of doors down from the Apollo, was once a vaudville house and movie palace. It has been closed since 1997.
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"I have a problem with people sitting there and saying God and Jesus will find a way,"
Cosby Says Blacks Should Fix Communities
By KASIE HUNT
AP
WASHINGTON (May 17) - Comedian Bill Cosby told a forum on family and education Tuesday night that African Americans should be proactive and fix their own communities.
"I have a problem with people sitting there and saying God and Jesus will find a way," Cosby said.
He also said he had a problem "with churches who allow drug dealers to set up two blocks away." The audience cheered several times during Cosby's remarks.
The star of the hit situation comedy "The Cosby Show" was at the University of the District of Columbia as part of his nationwide tour, "A Call Out with Cosby," which is designed to spark debate about family and educational issues among black communities.
Cosby joined a panel of local agency officials and other experts and took questions from the audience during two sessions, one to help foster parents and grandparents who are rearing children and the other geared toward the general public.
Cosby wasn't as biting as he was in Washington in May 2004, when he made headlines telling the NAACP Legal Defense Fund that blacks spoke poor English and spent money frivolously. But he touched on similar themes during Tuesday's panel and maintained that African Americans shouldn't blame their problems on others.
Washington Mayor Anthony Williams presented the comedian with a ceremonial proclamation naming May 16 as "Bill Cosby Day" in recognition of the work Cosby has done to support African-American communities.
The churches of Harlem are a very important part of the community
Some Harlem church members do confront the drug problems as they are from that world
None Christian
pets reduce stress too. Maybe naming a dog or cat Jesus will really bring down the level.
LOL, Rev!
My ma is a holy roller. While I appreciate her faith, it's so annoying at the same time. It's so difficult to get any solid advice, because it's all "Jesus will find a way, just pray about it, have faith." In that respect, I very much agree with Cosby.
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