Linda Meadows: Stillness in the Gale
by Cesca Janece Waterfield
To celebrate the one year anniversary of Urban Views Weekly, we’ll feature our contributors each week during the month of June. This week, meet Linda Meadows, our Contributing Writer in Inspiration.
Linda Meadows discovered a constancy of devotion from the flux of uncomfortable changes. Now she helps others do the same.
In 2001, her [...]
Living Through Grief
by Linda Meadows
It’s hard to believe that my dear friend Brenda’s funeral was today. It’s also another anniversary of the untimely death of our beloved Courtney. It pains me to write about them in the past tense.
Only God knows the number of days we’ll walk this earth, but there’s something harsh about burying your child [...]
Connect Fathers and Heal Communities
by Linda Pate
In too many homes today children are waking up, not hearing the voices of their fathers; no father there to wake them up for school and to send them on their way, bidding them to have a good day. They prepare themselves for their next basketball game and dad is nowhere around to [...]
Preparing Dads for the Job of a Lifetime
Written & photographed by Cesca Janece Waterfield
For LeMar Bowers, fatherhood is the heart of happy families and society. LeMar is Program Coordinator for First Things First, and helps lead innovative workshops for expectant fathers called “Boot Camp for New Dads.” Since launching, First Things First has held 35 Boot Camps and trained more than 450 [...]
When Friends and Family Don’t Approve Your Mate
by Erika Townsend
When we are in love, we want everyone to be just as happy as we are about the relationship. But friends and family can be tough critics. We have all heard, “We love you and only want the best for you,” but are their visions of what’s best for you really what’s best [...]
