Roots was a novel and television miniseries that defined the modern American image of slavery. The most iconic scene is Roots posed a powerful question, a question that every one of us today has to answer, a question that not surprisingly the Bible asked first.

Find out what the saga of an American family has in common with the saga of prophet named Daniel in a message titled WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

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Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

To understand the limits of Southern comfort and Christian hospitality, take a new look at the familiar story of Jonah in a message that invites you to COME ON IN & MAKE YOURSELF UN-COMFORTABLE.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

John the Baptist’s mission was to prepare his people for the arrival and ministry of Jesus. That meant teaching them an uncomfortable lesson that we need to remember and live today, a lesson about harvests.

You see harvest is a season, not an event. And in harvest season you have to face: THE UPSIDE OF UPHEAVAL or WINNING THROUGH WINNOWING.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

Everyone who’s ever been through a tragic, painful, or traumatic experience has at some point been told, “It’s going to be all right.” And most people who’ve heard that have wanted to scream, “No! It’s not.” In this first message of the new year, Pastor Anderson Graves II shows us God’s response to both of those statements.

If you’re going through it or you know someone who is, this is the lesson you can’t afford to miss. The title of the sermon is IT’S NOT GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU ARE.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

My father always told me that life would be harder for me than it was for him. I didn’t believe him. But, then I grew up, experienced life, and had children of my own. Now, I understand what Pops meant. And now I understand a pattern among God’s people that didn’t make sense before.

In our nation, in our churches, and in our personal lives it may feel like one step forward and two steps back. But the Bible actually lays out principles for how God can use these cycles to accomplish great things in your life.

You’ll understand after you listen to the message called HARDER THAN YOU THINK; BETTER THAN YOU COULD IMAGINE.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

Sometimes the problem isn’t the problem. Sometimes the problem before the problem is the problem. How do you deal with the obstacles between you and the place where your main battle and blessing lie?

You’ll see the answer for the church, for individuals, and for this moment in our nation’s transition. The message is called between HOW TO GET TO WHERE WE’RE GOING or YOU CAN’T LIVE THERE IF YOU CAN’T GET THERE.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

What do we want from God? What do we really want? And why does praying for what we want work out so inconsistently? Sometimes we get it. Sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we get what we want, but it doesn’t work out the way we wanted. Why?

Maybe the problem isn’t with the asking. Maybe the problem is with the wanting.

The solution lies in a crucial choice. Go back to Exodus and consider the choice between THE PROMISE OR THE PRESENCE.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

---Anderson T. Graves II is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

We live in a time of changes that is-----well, revolutionary.  God is not surprised.  In fact, the story of Moses opens to us a Word from God that shows His hand in this season of change. 

 

Listen well and GET READY FOR THE REVOLUTION!

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

 

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

 

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

 

Email [email protected]

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

 

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

 

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

 

Support by check or money order may be mailed to 

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064