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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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2 - 20 - 2013 .. True Worship

Jan/Feb/March 2013 Devotional & Worship Educational Quarterly Emphasis is on True Worship.

Devotion Scripture – Psalm/Tehillim 47:7

Topic Scripture – Psalm/Tehillim 138:1

Keep your mind on King David, Praise, & The Rich Young Ruler

Ps 47:7 – Works of God; God’s Providence Among Men, Generally; The King of the Earth

Ps 138:1 – Duties To God; Praise; Praise Due to God

Devotional Message: Psalm/Tehillim 113:3

Ps 113:3 – Duties To God; Praise; Praise Due from All, From All on Earth

Topic Discussion – Psalm 138:1; Matthew 19:16-22; Hebrews 13:15

Matthew 19:16-22

Verses 16,17- Jesus Christ; Christ’s Humanity; Christ Compared with the Father, In Goodness

Verses 18,19 – Man Redeemed; Duties & Graces of The New Life; Love to Man

Verse 20 – Fallen Man; Sins Of The Spirit, & Against Ourselves; Self-Righteousness & Self-Conceit

Verses 21,22 – Man Redeemed; Duties & Graces of The New Life; Liberality in Giving, Enjoined (enjoined – urgent admonition)

Hebrews 13:15 – Sacred Rites & Forms; Bleeding or Animal Sacrifices*; The Significance & Worth of Sacrifices, From the Christian Standpoint

*Bleeding or Animal Sacrifices (Including Sin Offerings, which were expiatory/to atone for; Burnt Offerings which denoted total self-surrender to God; & Peace Offerings, which were eucharistic/favor, grace, gratitude

Scripture & reference taken/used from: KJV Topical Reference Bible & Merriam Webster’s Deluxe Dictionary