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Why Black People Can't Sit Down
On April 5, 2025, millions of people will march in protest of the attempts to dismantle the federal government, and advocate for the...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Mar 303 min read
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Help The Charley and Dorothy Croomes Foundation To Remind Our Scholars: You Were Born to Soar!
Donate $10 toward our Spring Literacy Campaign and allow our scholars to receive a custom-made Born 2 Soar tee! You will also support...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Feb 201 min read
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Black, Cool and Gangsta: The Burden of Hip-Hop in the Era of Trumpism.
In 1992, Dr. Richard Majors, along with Dr. Janet Mancini Billson, co-authored a book called Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Feb 43 min read
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Is the Black Church Prepared to Fight Fascism?
In 1946, Howard Thurman, then the Dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard University, in his essay The Fascist Masquerade , wrote: " The bitter...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Feb 33 min read
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PWEC MINISTRIES CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE!
This Monday, January 20, 2025, on the annual observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Pastor W. Eric Croomes Ministries (PWEC...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jan 192 min read
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Three 'King' Ways to Counter the Rising Tide of Hate in America.
The following essay was originally published as a lead up to the King Day celebration circa 2023. Since then, things have only gotten...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jan 194 min read
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Black Men Aren't Terrorists.
"The righteous cry out and the Lord hears them and delivers them..." Psalm 34:17 Black men aren't terrorists. Black men have been the...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jan 52 min read
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What Faith Says. What Faith Does: Written on the Heart.
Pastor W. Eric Croomes Ministries Title : Written on the Heart Scripture : Jeremiah 31: 27-34, Hosea 2: 16-20, Luke 22:14-20 Thought to...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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What Faith Says. What Faith Does.
A KNEE FOR CHRIST: UNWAVERING COMMITMENT IN A TOXIC CULTURE Pastor W. Eric Croomes Ministries Title : A Knee for Christ: Unwavering...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Black Men Mental Wellness Series: Can Brothas Handle Strong Black Women?
Note: This article originally published in 2012 We’ve all heard of her; she’s been crooned, immortalized and hyped since the beginning of...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Aug 24, 20243 min read
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Don't Call Me Crazy. How Religion Distorts Mental Health.
The headline is as jarring as it is painful. In an essay entitled Mental Health in Black Communities: Challenges, Resources, Community...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Aug 9, 20243 min read
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Faith Still Works!
After enduring the withering effects of psychiatry for most of the twentieth-century, belief in God, and the role it plays in the lives...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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Black Clergy and Mental Health: Who's Minding Our Minds?
Black clergy are the first responders to mental health and other social-psychological issues that appear in their respective...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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Don't Call Me Crazy: Faith at the Nexus of Mental Illness and Well-Being
The headline is as jarring as it is painful. In an essay entitled Mental Health in Black Communities: Challenges, Resources, Community...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 24, 20243 min read
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Five Mantras for Black Men to Stay Mentally Strong
In the Tony award winning play Fences, by August Wilson, Rose says to Troy, “When your daddy walked through the house, he was so big he...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 21, 20243 min read
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Support Kusoma Project #60strong
Pastor W. Eric Croomes is a faith influencer and believers coach and curator of The Kusoma Project. Support our black boy literacy drive:...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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#60strong Thanks for the birthday love!
Hello and thank you for the birthday love! 60 feels strong! In lieu of gifts, please donate to my black boy literacy drive, The Kusoma...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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Fatherhood: Reflections on my Own Experience
Let me be clear: I have failed as a father. In fact, I have failed twice as a father. Some would label me a two-time loser. I wouldn't...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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Black Fathers and Mental Wellness
A lot of our mental wellness as men is gathered and or scattered in fatherhood. Black fathers face an anti-black world. Black fathers...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 10, 20241 min read
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Three Things Black Dads Can Be - Right Now!
I truly believe there is nothing more powerful than a black dad. It does not matter where you are in life, you are powerful beyond...
Pastor W. Eric Croomes
Jun 4, 20243 min read
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