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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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1 of 2 ... Sure Source of Hope ... 4/28/13

My Sunday School Lesson Bible Reading for the week of April 28, 2013 is coming from the Books of Psalm/Tehillim, Malachi, Titus, I Thessalonians and II Thessalonians.

Yes, I am late sharing for those that like to keep up with the Bible Readings along with the Sunday School Lesson. I have a sinus infection and my allergies are acting up. At this moment I do not even know if I will be at Church on Sunday.

Monday - April 22,2013 - An Appointed- Psalm/Tehillim 75

Psalms of Gratitude: For mercies shown to the psalmist; For mercies shown to the Church ..... Didatic Psalms: Showing the blessings of God's people and the misery of his enemies.

Didatic ... instruct, instructive

Tuesday - April 23, 2013 - The Day Is Coming - Malachi 4

Promises for the future. Striking Messianic prediction.

The Vindication Of The Righteous In The Day Of The Lord (Malachi 3:13-4:3) .... Appendix (Malachi 4:4-6) .... (Appendix ... subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document)

Wednesday - April 24, 2013 - No Good Thing Withheld - Psalm/Tehillim 84

Psalms of Supplication: Relative to public worship .... Psalms of Adoration: Of God's goodness and mercy; .... Didatic Psalms: Showing the blessings of God's people and the misery of his enemies

Thursday - April 25, 2013 - My Help Comes from the Lord - Psalm/Tehillim 121

Psalms of Supplication: Expressing trust in God ... Psalms of Adoration: Of God's goodness and mercy .... Didatic Psalms: Showing the blessings of God's people and the misery of his enemies.

Friday - April 26, 2013 - The Hope of Eternal Life - Titus 3:1-7

Christian Behavior (Titus 2:1-3:11) ..... In Society (Titus 3:1-2) .... A further appeal to the grace of God (Titus 3:3-7)

Saturday - April 27, 2013 - Kept Sound and Blameless - I Thessalonians 5:23-28

The direction that the epistle is to be read to all the brethren, and not retained by a select few, is quite in place with the first letter written by the apostle Paul to a Christian Church. (I Thessalonians was a young church which had embraced the faith with enthusiasm, but is not yet free from heathen vices).

Sunday - April 238, 2013 - Eternal Comfort and Good Hope - II Thessalonians 2:1-3, 9-17

Events Preceding The Parousia (II Thessalonians 2:1-12).... (Parousia ... second coming of Christ/Jesus/Yeshua)

Thanksgiving & Exhortation (II Thessalonians 2:13-15)

Prayer For The Believers (II Thessalonians 2:16)

Scripture reference used/taken from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, Zondervan Commentary, & Reader's Digest Oxford Complete WordFinder