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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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4/3/2013 .. Truth, Integrity, & Honesty


April/May/June 2013 Devotional & Educational Quarterly Emphasis is covering "Building Character: Truth, Honesty, & Integrity."

This devotion is designed to be studied once a week for adults, and once per month for children, juniors, and teenagers.

Devotional Scripture .... Proverbs 12:17

Topic Scripture ... John 14:6, 14:9, 17:17, 18:37-38; Isaiah 9:2; Psalm/Tehillim 119:142

The lips of truth shall be established forever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment (Proverbs 12:19) ... Key Verse

Civil & Social Life; Manners & Customs; Discourse, Lying, & Its Exposure ... The Upright are Blessed & Prospered ..... (now I realize that prosperity means different things to different people)

Do you remember the television game show that was once aired "To Tell The Truth?" We still have impostors like that today in different sectors in the secular as well as the christian world. But when God gets tired He will allow them to be exposed and sit them down.


Proverbs 12:17 ... Man Redeemed; Duties & Graces of the New Life; Government of the Tongue

John 14:6 ... Jesus Christ; Offices of Christ; Our Mediator

John 14:9 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Is Made Equal With God

John 17:17 ... Scripture; Characteristics Of Scripture; Perfection & Truth of Scripture

John 18:37 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Trial; Christ Replies

John 18:38 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Trial; Pilate's Unwillingness to Condemn

Isaiah 9:2 ... Jesus Christ; Prophecies Concerning Christ; Journey to Galilee

Psalm/Tehillim 119:142 ... Scripture; Characteristics of Scripture; Perfection & Truth of Scripture


Topic Scriptures ... I Peter 1:23; I Peter 2:1-2

I Peter 1:23 ... Man Redeemed; Effectual Calling; The Understanding Enlightened, The Truth Received .... Scripture; Advantages of Scripture; Sanctifying & Saving

I Peter 2:1 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness of The New Life; Love of Truth & Righteousness

I Peter 2:2 ... Scripture; Advantages of Scripture; Satisfying Desire

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