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When Mothers Rise Against Daughters

When Mothers Rise Against Daughters Trauma, Silence, and the Prophecy We’re Living By Candace L. Smith – QCP: In the Last Days The Bible warned us. Clear as day. In 2 Timothy 3, it says “In the last days perilous times will come…” and then it begins to list the breakdown of relationships — not just in the streets, not just in society, but inside the home. Families. Bloodlines. Mothers. Daughters. And one line hits different when you’re a woman, a mother, a daughter, and a cycle-breaker: “People will be lovers of themselves… unloving, unforgiving… without self-control.” That’s not just violence. That’s not just chaos. That’s emotional fracture. That’s generational trauma. That’s unhealed wounds passed down like inheritance. And yes — that includes mothers against daughters. Not always with fists. Not always with words. Sometimes with silence. Sometimes with withheld wisdom. Sometimes with competition. Sometimes with envy. Sometimes with emotional sabotage. Sometimes with a smile. Let’s ...
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No Earthly Good by Candace L. Smith

 No Earthly Good Available on Amazon What happens when faith no longer fits the shape you were given? When love requires boundaries? When legacy feels more dangerous than divine? No Earthly Good is a fearless, reflective exploration of belief, sacrifice, love, judgment, family, legacy, and acceptance, told through lived experience rather than doctrine. With honesty and spiritual maturity, Candace L. Smith interrogates the ideas we are taught to revere and asks what they cost us when left unexamined. This book is not a rejection of God, love, or community, it is a reckoning with how they are practiced. Through personal reflection and cultural observation, Smith challenges performative faith, unbalanced sacrifice, conditional love, and the pressure to build legacies at the expense of integrity. Written for readers navigating disillusionment, spiritual fatigue, relational grief, and personal growth, No Earthly Good offers clarity without certainty and peace without perfection. It inv...
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Pastor Jamal Bryant Lied on the Ushers of the Church

Pastor Jamal Bryant Lied on the Ushers of the Church Pastor Jamal Bryant’s New Year’s Eve sermon, delivered in response to criticism of his wife’s gala attire, quickly went viral, not only for what it defended, but for what it introduced into the conversation. Among his remarks, Bryant claimed that ushers historically walked with one hand behind their back to cover their backsides from deacons and men in the church who allegedly lacked self-control. That statement is demonstrably false. There is no historical, theological, or documented usher training tradition that supports the idea that this posture existed to shield women from predatory men. Ushers, both male and female, have long been trained to walk with controlled posture as a sign of reverence, discipline, and readiness to serve. This practice predates modern conversations around modesty policing and applies regardless of gender or body type. To suggest otherwise reframes a tradition of order into a narrative of unchecked male l...
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In the Last Days: When a Dress Becomes Doctrine

In the Last Days: When a Dress Becomes Doctrine By QCP Staff What should have been a straightforward moment of celebration—a gala to raise money for HBCUs—quickly spiraled into a full-blown cultural and theological debate. At the center of it was not the cause, not the fundraising, but a dress worn by Dr. Karri Turner, the wife of Pastor Jamal Bryant. The internet, predictably, had opinions. The gown, worn to a formal, gala-style event (not a church service), featured a nude-colored lining that some online viewers interpreted as sheer or inappropriate. Within hours, commentary shifted from fashion critique to moral judgment, dragging modesty, marriage, and ministry into the conversation. Pastor Jamal Bryant addressed the controversy head-on during New Year’s Eve service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on December 31. His response was blunt: mind your business. He told the congregation—and by extension the internet—that he bought the dress himself, liked how his wife looked in ...
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