Emunah (Hebrew for faith, belief)

From Domestic Abuse to Faith, Healing & Empowerment with Life Coach Veronica Burnett In this powerful episode of Emunah the faith podcast for African Americans seeking honest spiritual conversations life coach Veronica Burnett shares her personal journey from surviving domestic abuse to finding healing and empowerment through faith in God. Veronicas mission is to educate, empower, and encourag...

This episode first aired on May 12, 2023. EVERYTHING IS STILL RELEVANT :) Rev. Cynthia D. Dorsey of Nyack, New York, is the perfect person to discuss the question: How do you make God a priority when you barely have time to sleep, eat, work, play, and take care of family? Besides being part of a close-knit family that requires some caretaking duties, she also is an adjunct professor at Westchester...

Turning Grief Into Purpose: Dr. ShaNita Nolan on Widowhood, Healing, and Faith In this heartfelt episode of Emunah (Hebrew for faith or belief), Dr. ShaNita Nolan of Woodbridge, Virginia shares her powerful journey of grief, healing, and spiritual growth after the loss of her husband. Now the host of the podcast Widows Lounge, Dr. ShaNita speaks directly to widows and others coping with loss, offe...

This new episode of ASK THE GIRLS! finds Samara and Shylah concerned with the increase in fights and general disrespect for teachers at school. The sisters attend middle school in the Nations Capital and chose the theme, Creating Peace in School. A few solutions they discuss include: 1. Trusting in God 2. Having sympathy for others 3. Telling the other person whats bothering you, but do it nicely...

A phone conversation with a distraught mother concerned that society is mistreating her son after he served time in prison led to the production of this podcast on FORGIVENESS. Bro. Domonic and Min. Eugene Howie of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden International share powerful, God-inspired insight into one of the toughest topics in the Christian faith. Bro. Domonic, whose background is simila...

Dr. Terita Gusby of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina talks with Emunah Host Tamara Henry about the sensitive topic of Autism. She is the founder and CEO of Education Prescriptions, which works with parents and schoolsystems in devising ways to educate Special Needs children, especially those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. She has more than 35 years of teaching and administration experiences...

Marquis and Taylor Williams of Chicago have been married nearly three years and hosts a podcast called U Stuck Wit Me. The millennial duo agreed to join Emunah host Tamara Henry in a discussion about Modern Day Love and marriage. The discussion is filled with playful banter, outbreaks of favorite song snippets and emotional, transparent real-life scenarios as Marquis and Taylor share their views o...

Emunah (Hebrew for faith, belief) podcast was blessed to have as guests two powerful men of God: Apostle Mikell Snooks of Columbia, S.C. and Pastor Sangram of India. They work together to spread the gospel both in the USA and in India, the most populous country in the world. Sangrams full name is Sangramasimha P. and lives in the state of Karnataka, the southern part of India. In the episode, he d...

Paula Vineyard debuts as guest host on Emunahsepisode on Grace and Mercy. A Bible scholar and teacher, Sister Paula engages in a conversation with Host Tamara Henry about the importance of Grace and Mercy in the life of Christians and believers. Together they discuss thedefinitions and origins of the attributes, the similarities and differences and examples. To jumpstart the conversation, they lis...

Sue Corl of Philadelphia, PA suffered severe health challenges during the first 15 years of her life that required 26 major operations. Her struggles eventually led her to create Crown of Beauty International. As founder and executive director, Sue talks with Emunah Host Tamara Henry about her journey and how Psalm 139:13-14 had a huge impact on setting her free from 30 years of lies that oppresse...

Melvin and Voncille Greene, hosts of Living a Godly Marriage TV show, return to Emunah to discuss ways to improve your marriage. They say there are 10 top reasons marriages are failing. They tackle the first five reasons in Part 1. In Part 2, the Greenes look at the final five reasons. 10 reasons marriages fail: 1. Following the world or cultures marriage blueprints instead of Gods blueprint for m...

Dr. J. Keith Doherty, former professor of History and Art History at Boston University who now is a researcher/ educator at the Philipse Manor Hall in Yonker, N.Y., marks Black History Month with a look at land ownership by Black farmers in the Bronx in the early 1800s. This is a crucial topic that few people know much about. While there are several important reasons for focusing on Black life in...

Melvin and Voncille Greene, hosts of Living a Godly Marriage TV show, returns to Emunah to discuss ways to improve your marriage. They say there are 10 top reasons marriages are failing. They tackle the first five reasons in Part 1. Here are the first five things couples should avoid in their relationship: 1. Following the world or cultures marriage blueprints instead of Gods blueprint for marriag...

Dr. Sandra Edmonds Crewe launches Emunahs focus on February as Black History, Love and Valentine month with a lively discussion on Sojourner Truth. Crewe is the 2024-25 Sojourner Truth Social & Racial Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work. She also is dean emerita and professor at the Howard University School of Social Work. In describing Sojourner Truth, Crewe...

Samara and Shylah are pumped about the second episode of the new ASK THE GIRLS! The D.C. sisters both celebrated birthdays in December so they were a year older 13 and 12- when they welcomed New Year 2025. They are brimming with ideas, so Emunah listeners be ready for a real treat. The middle schoolers, both of whom attend D.C. Prep Academy in the nations capital, talk about changing habits and se...

Apostle Jennifer L. London tackles the issue of CHOICES in this second episode of Season 4. She is the pastor of Anointed for Christ Ministries & Bread of Life Outreach located in Decatur and Douglasville, Georgia. Apostle London stresses that life is about choices and says the Bible plays a key role in helping us make wise choices. Using mainly Proverbs 14:12, she shows how important it is to...

Discussing ways to discern Gods Voice is a powerful entry into 2025, considering the change in leaders at the White House and in Congress, the increase in violence around the Globe and unpredictability of the weather, the stock market and life in general. Dr. Wanda Robinson-Lee of Selma, NC jumpstarts Emunahs 4th Season discussing her book, Gods Voice, Choices that led my journey. The book thoroug...

Co-hosts Tamara and Charisse wander into what some consider controversial territory PRAYER. Its an area few people discuss or fully understand. Some may think its lame, others say its old fashion while a few believe it is necessary. Believers, however, say that prayer is essential. Two prayer powerhouses, Zereta Mother Z Young and Cynthia Howie, give their perspectives on prayer. They are both mem...

Mrs. Laverdia Roach from the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA dissects the question asked by Emunah host Charisse: "Why do you believe we should thank God (Yahweh) for promotions, bonuses, raises and other things He didn't 'directly' give us?" In giving a faith-based response, Mrs. Roach insists that God tells us in his Word that we have an "obligation, duty" to express grat...

The holiday season is upon us and Emunah co-hosts Tamara and Charisse decided to repeat this popular episode from Season 1: Salvation: What does it mean to be saved? It first aired on July 21, 2023. Sisters Marilyn Dunston and Paula Vineyard, two adult Sunday School teachers at First Baptist Church of Glenarden International in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, energetically tackle this often-misunderstoo...

Simons Branch is an Atlanta-based nonprofit Christian group that seeks to spread the Gospel in foreign missions fields. Annually, a team of ministers, pastors, teachers and missionaries from Georgia, the Carolinas, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. travel to Bothas Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, South African to conduct a variety of impactful Bible-based programs and provide humanitarian aid. This year, in 202...

The ASK THE GIRLS! episodes are back with two new moderators from the Washington, D.C. area, which locals call the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia). Samara, 12, and Shylah, 11, are sisters who attend DC Prep Middle School, the top public charter school in the nations capital. Cynthia Howie, a Maryland teacher who also plays a key role in the Adult Bible Study at First Baptist Chur...

This episode repeats the April 14, 2023 airing. Co-hosts Tamara and Charisse decided to share Pastor Simmons words of wisdom days after the 2024 Presidential Election as a way to focus believers on the fact that God is truly in control. Simmons, shepherd of the nondenominational House of Faith Christian Center in Smyrna, Tennessee, gives practical, Holy-Spirit led advice on what it means to depend...

Millennial Dominic Lyons talks with Emunah co-hosts Charisse and Tamara about the obligation millennials have to vote. See show notes from August 16, 2024. This focus on youth wraps up Emunah's special voting episodes. We encourage you to listen to Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes on the Sept. 20th episode. Cara McClure, a Birmingham, AL community activist, shares various ways he...

In the fourth episode on voting, co-hosts Tamara and Charisse chat with Minister Cedric Blain-Spain, a South Carolinian who served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention that nominated Vice President Kamala Harris as its presidential candidate. He is very attuned to community views, apprehensions and desires. With humor and an upbeat perspective, he lays out the advantages of voting a...