Mary Walker
Educating, Inspiring, and Motivating Christian Women

Social Commentary

Posted on: February 26, 2024

 Women in the Kingdom of God Introduction This post is the second in a series on God’s kingdom women. Each post will be deliberately controversial. I hope that readers will weigh in with their comments. Please join the conversation. My contention is that those who hold a hierarchal view of...

Posted on: January 7, 2024

    A Blessed New Year to All! My New Year’s resolution is to continue to do stories on women achievers. Last year we finished our series on Black Women in America. I had been wanting to do a series on black women for a long time. I was hoping...

Posted on: December 18, 2023

Oh! Let every little girl [and boy] thank our heavenly father for the blessed gift of His dear Son on the first Christmas Day, eighteen hundred and eighty years ago. As we come to the end of nearly two years of posts on Black Women in America, I am thrilled...

Posted on: August 21, 2023

Black Women in America – Part 43  We have come to the end of our journey through the lives of remarkable Black Women in America. We have told the stories of nearly 100 amazing black women and if I had not limited the number to Black Female Firsts, we could...

Posted on: August 8, 2023

Black Women in America – Part 42  We are coming to the end of our journey through the lives of remarkable Black Women in America. We have told the stories of nearly 100 amazing black women and if I had not limited the number to Black Female Firsts, we could...

Posted on: July 11, 2023

Black Women in America – Part 40  We are winding down our eighteen-month journey through the stories of remarkable black women in America. This journey could go on for many years! The reason we have only been doing stories for a year and a half is because we have concentrated...

Posted on: March 14, 2023

Meditations with Mary                                                        March 14, 2023 Last week we watched “My Fair Lady” (Released in 1964).  I’ve seen it many times, but the music is so wonderful that it is worth watching again and again. For those not familiar with the movie, it is based on George Bernard Shaw’s...

Posted on: February 28, 2023

In our series on African American firsts, Addie Wyatt is important as a leader in many movements – labor, civil rights, women rights, and religious commitment. Addie believed in a holistic gospel – every area of life is connected – and we can see from her life that she practiced...

Posted on: January 24, 2023

Watching Hollywood movies made then (1930’s and 1940’s) and now we can witness the gradual changes that have been made for black actors. This is very important because the American people take many cues about black people from what they see on the screen.

Posted on: January 3, 2023

A Blessed New Year to All! In February 2022, we began a series on Black Women in America. I had been wanting to do a series on black women for a long time. I was hoping to do the journey in one year, but there are so many wonderful women who...