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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: Walking By Faith

God is the same. He didnt change. None of us got a memo from Jesus or God saying that they lost their power or can't answer your prayers. So since you didn't get that memo and neither did I we can still have faith. Faith that regardless of what is going on with the world and what it values, we will be alright.

Bad news is not new. Plagues, faminine, the demise of systems and nations have been going on for centuries, yet one thing has remained the same, if God is for you, who can be against you? No one. If God is for you, who can block your blessing? No one. If God gives you his favor, who can take it away from you? No one.

The name JESUS still has all power and might in it. So have faith in Jesus. Not in yourself or the world because both can and have let you down, but Jesus has never left you nor forsaken you.

I am content and happy. Not shaken or stirred by the sign of the times. I took stock out of the world economy a long time ago and sought after the real treasure and peace that never fails, God's. I urge you to do the same.

Faith is believing this one fact: Jesus is your lord and savior. You will be fine. Keep your chin up.

In the meantime, remember to

Stay blessed!

: )

Lady Charmaine Day