Joomla! site syndication http://www.lafocusnewspaper.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:31:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.lafocusnewspaper.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.lafocusnewspaper.com Joomla! site syndication index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31 News - Headlines Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:14:51 +0100 index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77 At first mention a diet based on eating cookies—that actually taste good—would seem to be something of an oxymoron, but with the introduction and growing popularity of “The Cookie Congregation” two years ago, founders Neil Friedman and Rev. Dr. Clyde W. Oden Jr., pastor of Bryant Temple AME Church have added a whole new spiritual dimension to weight loss that is making for a sweet success.One that is paying big weight loss dividends to the growing number of local congregants who are dropping anywhere from 30-60 pounds in a matter of three to four months. Nothing magical. No chemistry. No secret ingredient. Just cookies. An alternative,” Oden likes to point out, “that is not distasteful.” News - Headlines Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:04:15 +0100 index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76 No one artist is credited with doing more to change the face of contemporary gospel music than Kirk Franklin. In the decade since his debut, cumulative sales of his recordings have topped 13-million units making him the second best-selling Christian artist of all time (only Amy Grant has sold more). And with the release of The Nu Nation Project,” Franklin became the first gospel/Christian artist in history to ship platinum. Success for the 5'5 gospel dynamo who has mesmerized the record industry with hit after hit, has brought not only the kind of adulation normally reserved for secular artists but key strides for gospel at every segment of the entertainment front—from movie soundtracks, nationally touring stage plays, TV appearances, home shopping networks and theme parks—to a savvy new bree News - Headlines Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:55:36 +0100