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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Food For Thought: The Bigger Picture

Are you productive multiplying or are you just busy?  There is a big difference. And knowing which one you are doing can mean whether or not you are looking at the bigger picture or sweating the small stuff which may be wasting valuable time.

God only commanded us to do one thing: To be fruitful and multiply. He didn't say be busy with nothing to show for your time. A lot of us are caught up in running around with our heads cut off like chickens versus thinking and have a point to our daily activities.

Today I took a step back to see what is the bigger picture for my life. Are all my activities in alignment with the big picture, the vision that God has given me for my life and ministry? Because if not, time to hit the delete button on time wasters.  I just hit a one year milestone in my career and I can say that I have taken seriously God's command to be fruitful and multiply. I can see evidence of being productive, versus busy in my own life.

Where are you? Are you being fruitful and multiplying? Have you accomplished things on your to do list for your dreams and vision for your life that you set out to do one year ago? When you look back over the last year, do you see progress and that you are better off today than you were yesterday? 

Time waits for no one. So please, stop being busy. And be fruitful and multiply.

And remember to, stay blessed!

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Lady Charmaine Day