Writer Brooke Obie remembers interviewing iconic singer and activist Aretha Franklin in 2013 for Guideposts.org: As family and fans around the world mourn the death of the legendary gospel and soul singer Aretha Franklin, 76, I can’t help but listen to the song, “I Am Sealed Til the Day of
From Guideposts.org: Many became aware of the Me Too movement in October 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano asked followers on Twitter to tweet #MeToo if they’d been victims of sexual assault. The hashtag quickly went viral, but those familiar with the history of the phrase in relation to sexual assault knew that
Watch the video interview of Brooke Obie interviewing Denzel Washington, Carmen Ejogo and screenwriter/director Dan Gilroy on their new film Roman J. Israel, ESQ for Guideposts.org:
Brooke Obie interviews Tyler Perry on keeping the faith in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein and how to be successful:
On Oprah Winfrey’s Emmy award-winning Super Soul Sunday show, she invites guests to her Montecito, California home–spiritual teachers, celebrities, ordinary people who have achieved the extraordinary–to sit in the shade of massive oak trees and share what they have learned on their faith journeys. On an October Sunday morning, she flips the
In the Old Testament, the Promised Land was a place God agreed to give to the newly freed descendants of Abram. In Negro Spirituals, it was a place free from slavery and oppression—if not on earth, then in Heaven. For Oprah Winfrey, descendant of enslaved people and daughter of rural Mississippi,
On April 19, 2017, Brooke Obie caught up with the Queen of Media, Ms. Oprah Winfrey at a New York press junket for her new film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Ms. Winfrey was so stunned to see only Black women journalists at the press junket that she began to
From Guideposts.org: How to Find Your Life’s Purpose Why am I here? What am I supposed to do with my life? Best-selling author Eckhart Tolle’s advice on how to find your life’s purpose is quite simple: start by knowing who you are. Backstage at a recording of Oprah Winfrey’s second
From Guideposts.org: Why the Tony award-winning actor says failure and vulnerability are essential in faith and love. by Brooke Obie Tony-winning actor Courtney B. Vance is going for an Emmy in his latest critically acclaimed role on the hit FX crime drama The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Vance
My interview on Guideposts.org: New York Times best-selling author Rachel Held Evans knows a thing or two about millennials leaving the Church. A decade ago, the Christian blogger was one of them. Born to a deeply evangelical Christian family in Dayton, Tennessee, the buckle of the Bible Belt, Evans had