TMA Theme Previous Link or Pagination

I just want to add a previous link or have my pagination work at the bottom of the recent posts of home.php. Anyone who can help me resolve this problem, I will pay you!

Check out the website here at: https://mcjawn.com/blog/

<?php get_header(); ?>

		<div id="topbanner" class="column span-14">   <!-- start top banner -->
            <div class="pagetitle">
                // smacking babies
            </div>
        </div>   <!-- end top banner --> 

        <div id="home_content" class="column span-14">   <!-- start home_content -->

            <div id="home_left" class="column span-7 first">   <!-- start home_left -->

            	<?php $catid = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT term_ID FROM $wpdb->terms WHERE name='Asides'"); ?>

				<?php $catid2 = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT term_ID FROM $wpdb->terms WHERE name='Featured'"); ?>

				<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('cat=-' .$catid. '&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&order=desc');

				while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

				<div id="latest_post">   <!-- start latest_post -->

					<h3 class="mast"><div class="home_recent_thumb"><?php userphoto_the_author_thumbnail() ?></div>&nbsp;<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> // Latest Post</h3>

<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'latest_home_img', true) ) { ?>

					<div id="latest_post_image">
					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/latest/<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "latest_home_img", $single = true); ?>" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>: Latest post" width="470"/></a>
					</div>

					<?php } ?>

					<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'main-video', true) ) { ?>

					<div id="latest_post_image">
					<p><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "main-video", $single = true); ?></p>
					</div>

					<?php } ?>

					<h3 class="latest_post_title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

					<p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), '<a><strong>'); ?></p>

					<div class="latest_post_meta">
						<span class="latest_read_on"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Continue Reading</a></span>
						<span class="latest_comments"><?php comments_popup_link('Post a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', '', 'Comments off'); ?></span>
					</div>
				</div>   <!-- end latest_post -->

				<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if (pp_has_pagination()) : ?>
		<div class="pagination">

            <!-- the previous page -->
            <?php pp_the_pagination(); if (pp_has_previous_page()) : ?>
                <a href="<?php pp_the_previous_page_permalink(); ?>" class="prev">newer stories</a>
            <?php else : ?>
                <span class="current prev">newer stories</span>
            <?php endif; pp_rewind_pagination(); ?>

            <!-- the page links -->
            <?php while(pp_has_pagination()) : pp_the_pagination(); ?>
                <?php if (pp_is_current_page()) : ?>
                    <span class="current"><?php pp_the_page_num(); ?></span>
                <?php else : ?>
                    <a href="<?php pp_the_page_permalink(); ?>"><?php pp_the_page_num(); ?></a>
                <?php endif; ?>
            <?php endwhile; pp_rewind_pagination(); ?>

            <!-- the next page -->
            <?php pp_the_pagination(); if (pp_has_next_page()) : ?>
                <a href="<?php pp_the_next_page_permalink(); ?>" class="next">older stories</a>
            <?php else : ?>
                <span class="current next">older stories</span>
            <?php endif; pp_rewind_pagination(); ?>

		</div>
<?php endif; ?>

          </div>  <!-- end home_left -->

            <div id="home_right" class="column span-7 last">

            	<div id="home_about">

					<h3 class="mast3">Welcome to <?php bloginfo('name'); ?></h3><p>A Philly Art and Culture Magazine. "Jawn" can be used as an any-type of noun.</p>

					<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('pagename=description');

					while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();

					$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

					<?php the_content(); ?>

					<?php endwhile; ?>				

				</div>

				<div class="column span-4 first">

					<h3 class="mast">Featured Posts</h3>

					<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=5&offset=1&orderby=post_date&order=desc');

					while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();

					$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

					<div class="home_recent_post">

						<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb_home_img', true) ) { ?>
						<div class="home_recent_thumb">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/thumbs/<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb_home_img", $single = true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
						</div>
						<?php } else { ?>
						<div class="home_recent_thumb">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php
							the_title(); ?>"><?php if (function_exists('the_thumb')) { the_thumb('altappend=recent_&subfolder=recent&width=48&height=48&keepratio=0'); } ?></a>
						</div>
						<?php } ?>

						<div class="home_recent_title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
						</div>

						<div class="home_recent_date">
							<?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>
						</div>

						<div class="home_recent_auth">
							By <?php the_author(); ?>
						</div>

					</div>

					<?php endwhile; ?>

					<?php include('ad_home.php'); ?>

					<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
					        || !dynamic_sidebar('MiddleColumn') ) : ?>				

					<?php endif; ?>

            	</div>

                <?php get_sidebar(); ?>         

            </div>

        </div>   <!-- end home_content -->        

<?php get_footer(); ?>