<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>GospelCity - featured_news</title><description>Gospel Music featured_news</description><link>http://www.gospelcity.com</link><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:24:08 -0400</lastBuildDate> <item><title>GC Mothers Day Message: Grandmas Baby, Mamas Maybe</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/923</link><description>There are so many children being raised by their grandmothers now and the conditions causing that is a sin and a shame. Grandma, even while mama by default, is really the mama.</description></item><item><title>Barack Obama: Faith of His Father</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/922</link><description>From the beginning of Barack Obamas campaign for the highest political office in our land, his faith allegiance has been questioned, attacked and heavily scrutinized.</description></item><item><title>Reflections on Obamas A More Perfect Union Speech</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/921</link><description>Wrights comments and commentary delivered consistently from his pulpit and in other public forums have fueled one of the worst political wars since the Civil War  the War Between the States which made slavery and racism the culprit in splitting the country.</description></item><item><title>GC Special Easter Message - The Production Number</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/920</link><description>The crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus are the core foundations of our faith in Him. Without those three miraculous, perplexing and momentous events wed have nothing to celebrate on Easter Sunday.</description></item><item><title>GospelCity Black History Month Salute to Gospel Artists</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/919</link><description>Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland, The Clark Sisters and Kirk Franklin have all left indelible marks on one of the truly original African American genres of music.</description></item><item><title>Integrity Music Group Expanding Their Urban Music Family into 2008</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/918</link><description>The Integrity Music Group, an international phenomenon in praise and worship, continues expanding their family, including a huge insurgence on the urban Gospel market.</description></item><item><title>Tied to Greatness: Everything Old Becomes New Again</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/917</link><description>Many boys do not have male role models, fathers and other men in their lives to teach them the fundamentals of grooming let alone how to tie a necktie. Its a rite of passage for most young men in western culture, but it is not a rite of passage for the young man who sees no purpose in tying a tie.</description></item><item><title>GospelCity Black History Month Salute to Political Figures </title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/916</link><description>Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell and Barack Obama are trailblazers who have earned places in the annals of American history as African Americans who have forged political careers based on their being firsts in many instances and courageous to follow their convictions. </description></item><item><title>GC Valentines Day Message: Is it Okay?</title><link>http://www.gospelcity.com/news/special-features/915</link><description>He loves and we are required to love too; and the proof is in the gift He gave without scouring a list of who deserves to receive it and who should not.

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