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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 of 2 .. Have Mercy .. 3/10/2013

Sunday School Lesson for 3/120/2013. Unit I. The Kingdom of God. Daniel 9:4b-14 (Devotional Reading with Sunday School Lesson for 3/10/2013 - James 5:13-18).


A Prayer and A Vision (Daniel 9:1-27)


Daniel's Prayer for his people (Daniel 9:1-19)


Prayer -man/woman/child communication with God. Adoration - The praise of God because of His greatness and goodness.


These links below were in my Sunday School Book: Various Methods/Forms of Prayer.


http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/work/mission-education/mission-studies/spiritual-growth/concerning-prayer/


http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/work/mission-education/mission-studies/spiritual-growth/


http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/work/mission-education/mission-studies/spiritual-growth/concerning-prayer/forms-of-prayer/


Daniel 9:4b-14


Verse 4 ... God; Attributes of God As Person; Veracity (veracity - a devotion to the truth)


Verses 5,6 ... Duties To God; Confession; Examples of Confession, National Confessions


(Ezra 9: I Kings 8; Deuteronomy 28 - Reference Scriptures in Sunday School Book)


Daniel 9:7-10


Verses 7, 8 - Duties To God; Confession; Example of Confession; National Confession


Verse 9 ... God; Attributes Of God As Person; Mercy & Compassion .... Pardon for Sins & Iniquities Promised


Verse 10 ... Duties To God; Confession; Examples of Confession, National Confession


Daniel 9:11-14


Verses 11,13 ... Duties To God; Confession; Examples of Confession, National Confessions


Verses 12, 14 ... Mediums & Methods of Revelation; The Prophet's Predictions, Their Fulfilment


(Deuteronomy 28; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 4:40)


Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ... The blessings for obedience


Deuteronomy 28:15 ... The curses for disobedience (Read past verse 15 for greater study)


Jehovah - Rapha .. The Lord is a healer ... Exodus 15:26


Devotional Reading In Sunday School Book for 3/10/2013


James 5:13-18 ... Promises


Verses 13-15 ... Health & Healing Promised


Verse 15 ... Health & Healing Promised, God Knows Our Needs & Answers Prayer


Verses 16,17 ... The Upright are Blessed & Prospered


Verse 18 ... Health & Healing Promised


Scripture & reference used/taken from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible, & Zondervan Bible Commentary