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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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Daniel's Fast & How To Pray .. 2/2003


Scriptures on how to pray - this is one of my Feb. 10, 2003 Writings.
What was on my mind when I wrote this in 2003?
I am sharing scriptures on Daniel fast:
Daniel 6:18-24, Daniel 9:1-19, Daniel 10:3-13
The book of I Timothy 2:1-2 has on record how to pray as well :::::
I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
KINGS::::::::::::IN THE USA TO MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE A PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF A KING...IN OTHER COUNTRIES THERE ARE KINGS, PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS, ETC...........
ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY
I Timothy 2:1-2 teaches us the Duty of Intercession and Peaceableness.
I Timothy 2:1-2 refers us to Ezra 6:10, Jeremiah 29:7 and Romans 13:1:
a. which has on record sacred places "Zerubbabel's Temple" and commands the applicants to promote the building.
b. Pleading in prayer, for country, national pardon
c. Civil/social life and obedience to rulers
I Timothy 2:4 ... Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
ALL MAY BE SAVED -- Man Redeemed
Scripture text and reference taken from: Crusade @ Bible Publishers, Inc. 1970, Mt. Juliet, TN, USA, 37122