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Your husband is not your well

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on July 24, 2018July 24, 2018
  • Faith

Jesus is. In John chapter 4, the Lord Jesus made the point abundantly clear when He met with the Samaritan woman who had been seeking love for a long time in various husbands. Jesus made […]

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Women, ‘don’t throw your pearls before swines’

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on December 16, 2016December 16, 2016
  • Church

The admonition, “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces” as found […]

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“Seek less to be seen and to be admired and instead seek to give and do something wonderful out of our own abundance” – The first and second beginning of wholeness for Black women

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on April 26, 2016April 26, 2016
  • Beauty

It is no longer completely shocking that a woman in Jamaica has had some form of physical augmentation or plastic surgery. That was customarily expected of those still searching for meaning and fame in Hollywood and […]

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God expects husbands to serve their wives too – Thoughts for Christian women who hope to get married

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on September 11, 2015September 11, 2015
  • empowerment

Christian women have traditionally been taught to serve their husbands and households to the detriment of their own happiness and the fulfillment of their divine purpose. Yes I just said that – to the detriment […]

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Why Some Single Ladies are Still Single

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on August 11, 2015August 11, 2015
  • Career

Decades ago we bought into the virtuous idea that women should have equal rights. They should be able to get an education, be employed, own and run businesses, run Governments if they so choose. They […]

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Marriage is an open invitation for loving sex  

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on November 1, 2014November 1, 2014
  • Faith

If we subscribe to the Christian model of marriage, we can surmise that marriage is an open invitation for loving sex and lifelong communion. “The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise […]

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“Are you willing to help someone achieve even if they surpass your own achievement?”

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on October 13, 2014October 13, 2014
  • Career

At a sisterhood conference in Jamaica recently, former judge and Jamaican Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte asked a searching question that added a new angle to ongoing thoughts and discussion on mentorship among women. To a […]

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Stop hiding behind a text message!  

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on September 29, 2014
  • communication

There are countless stories of students away at college abroad who are thankfully able to connect with their beloved family and friends every night through Skype or other Internet-based communication tool. There are just as […]

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Up Up and Away!

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on September 21, 2014September 21, 2014
  • Career

I’m a mother of 3 wonderful girls, wife to a devoted husband and a woman of faith with a rewarding career in communications for over 15 years, working in the fields of journalism, media and […]

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Wife beating is against biblical teaching

  • by FamilyandFaithMagazine
  • Posted on September 8, 2014
  • Church

I read with much anguish the article titled Hush, Battered Church Sisters Suffering in Silence in the Sunday Gleaner dated September 7, 2014. Oh if it could only be a farce that the reporter made […]

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