[tweetthis]He gives me life! @theharvestmag http://theharvestmagazine.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1482&action=edit[/tweetthis] Maedee Ford The Harvest Magazine Contributor My first time was nothing like I thought it would be. I didn’t plan for it; it happened quite unexpectedly one uneventful and unremarkable Saturday afternoon. As I reflect on the experience now, I can see that there were a series of […]
Serra Delight The Harvest Magazine Contributor Reflective Essay Have you ever heard of the hymn, “Love Lifted Me?” Read these words below and imagine that you are the one that’s singing it when you’ve needed God’s love to lift you. He has the power to lift us out of every deep, dark and desperate situation. […]
Kimberly N. Alleyne The Harvest Magazine, Publisher and Editor Essay | Writing Challenge Day 6: Reconciliation James 3: 17-18; James 4: 1-3 She won’t forgive me. It’s been 10+ years, and she still won’t forgive me. I have apologized over and over and over again, but she can’t seem to it let go. For […]
Allyson Olivia Harvest Contributors Network My mom was 27 when she married my dad. She had me at age 29. As a child, I thought she was old. At 33, I was single with zero prospects. I was not even dating. This was not how I planned my life. As a teenager, I mapped […]
Kimberly N. Alleyne The Harvest Magazine Publisher and Editor Reflective Essay What I love about March is the Spring Equinox. I’m always standing at the door waving, excited to welcome it after winter, especially after an especially long and cold winter. When the equinox strikes, I know those days are over, even if only […]
Kimberly N. Alleyne The Harvest Magazine, Publisher and Editor Reflective Essay I am reluctant to share this, but every year when Valentine’s Day approaches I get a little irritated. I feel bombarded by the television commercials of couples ogling over each other or ladies accepting marriage proposals with “He went to Jared” or “Every […]
Renita Guyton The Harvest Magazine Contributor I grew up in the church. I served, I honored, gladly gave my time and finances. I faced many challenges and failed to rise to the occasion at times, but my faith was strong. I told myself if I could just keep myself focused and do what I knew […]
Reflective Essay I thought it was poetically fitting that the first day after my 40-day fast ended was a beautiful one. An almost cloudless sky greeted me Thursday morning, Feb. 12, and a bright sun with a hint of spring warmth hugged my cheek. During my 40-day journey, I had wondered how I would change. […]
Pastor Cheryl Mitchell Gaines, J.D.; M.Div. The Harvest Magazine contributor Reflective Essay If my life can be used to bring you glory Lord Jesus, use me. If you can use anyone Lord, use me. O, Lord. I give you me again, and again, and again. After Robin Williams’s suicide, many African-Americans began to admit how […]
