Bobby, describe yourself for our visitors.

I didn’t grow up in the church at all. I grew up in gyms and on athletic fields. I was very successful in sports. I won a national and three state championships. I am ashamed to confess now how I used success to further my life of sin. Then the Lord graciously convicted me of my sins through the preaching of the gospel when I was 20. By His grace, I repented and trusted in Christ, and He saved me, and changed me. Within a couple years I was teaching Bible studies at UCLA and from there the Lord called me into the Gospel ministry. So in many ways I am not very churchie. I come across as a regular ole guy. My friends and family know me as Bobby and the saints at LACBC where I serve call me pastor Bobby.

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Secret Sex Wars: A Battle Cry For Purity
By Robert S. Scott, Sr.

Reviewed by Wanda B. Campbell
For The Culture Clique Book Club

Amazon rating: 5

Sound the Alarm!

Finally, there is a comprehensive book on sexual sin with real solutions.

In Secret Sex Wars: A Battle Cry For Purity, author Robert S. Scott, teams up with seven others to tackle and dispel societal myths and to proclaim the truth as presented in the Bible concerning sexual sin.

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Mrs. Williams-Hines and son, Joshua, hope to promote autism awareness and understanding through her No Small Victories book series in which Joshua plays the main character.

Springfield, MA (BlackNews.com) - Author and autism awareness advocate, Jacqueline Williams-Hines, announces the release of her second children’s book in her No Small Victories book series, The Adventures of Suther Joshua from Planet Yethican. Mrs. Williams-Hines is the parent of an 11-year-old son with autism, and a strong advocate for autism awareness and social inclusion. Currently working on the third book in her series, she hopes to introduce various aspects of autism to her son’s typical peers in an effort to promote understanding and acceptance.

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Double Dutch Magazine Cover - Spring 2008 (Issue 2)

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - Double Dutch, a new urban magazine, inspires teen girls to be confident and have fun!

Double Dutch is a digital magazine for multicultural, teen girls ages 12-17. Double Dutch is a magazine created for girls who live in urban communities or follow urban trends. Double Dutch has the same format of a print magazine, but can be viewed online. It is a New York City-based magazine that is published on a quarterly basis (four times per year).

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Valerie, describe yourself for our visitors.

I love the Lord, unapologetically. I am a very busy wife and mother of 5. I enjoy writing, reading, traveling, event planning for my church, family and friends, and learning new things. I am the Managing Editor of my church’s newsletter, The Point, as well as one of the staff writers. I bore easily so I am always going new places and trying new things. I am currently pursuing an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy. I love gospel music, particularly Fred Hammond. But I must confess, my favorite artist is Mary J. Blige (she always has seemed to be at the same place in her life as I) and my favorite group is New Edition (old school). I have a special place in my heart for broken women and believe it is my calling to minister to them.

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Seen It All and Done The Rest
by Pearl Cleage

Reviewed by Tavares S. Carney

for The Culture Clique Book Club

Amazon Rating: 5

“Back to Life”

Pearl Cleage’s latest release, Seen It All and Done The Rest, is the story of woman searching for her reason for being. Josephine Evans is an almost 60-year old theatre-diva in Amsterdam. The star knows where her story began but isn’t certain where it will end. Facing prejudice for being an American citizen in Amsterdam during a war not many are in support of, Josephine returns to America. She returns to her homeland for three reasons, to check on her granddaughter, Zora, to tie up some loose ends with her childhood home and to prove the point she is still a "diva in demand" in Amsterdam. Josephine figures this is a prime time to take care of some much needed business while her best friend, Howard, stays behind to work his magic in Amsterdam.

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On Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8 PM PST, UCLA’s Royce Hall was all the buzz as the 28th Annual L. A. Times Book Awards were presented. Congratulations to all the winners! One winner in particular we want to call special attention to is Dinaw Mengestu for winning the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction for The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.

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