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  • Persist

    The problem may be that you just gave up too soon. What looked like ultimate failure was just a cobblestone on the road to success. The verb "to persist" is derived from the Latin, "persistere" which is a compilation of two concepts, "per" (thoroughly) and "sistere" (come or cause to stand still). The one who…

  • Sharpen Up

    Sharpen Up Are you taking full advantage of the opportunities that come to you with arms and legs every day? You have been gifted with associates above you and below you on charts made by human hands who have the capacity to add value to your life with every conversation and as you observe them.…

  • Praying in the Fullness of Joy

    "You pray in your distress and need; would that you would also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance." – Kahil Gibran, The Prophet We  pray when we will, but so often the will to pray is dependent upon desperation. That is not a bad thing if our desperation…

  • Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confin’d, To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind …

    UNIVERSAL PRAYER by Alexander Pope     FATHER of all! In every age,         In ev'ry clime ador'd,     By saint, by savage, and by sage,         Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!     Thou Great First Cause, least understood,         Who all my sense confin'd…

  • Saturday Night with Red

    Red Skelton was one of my favorite funny men of all time. He was always clean and always funny. "God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being" "I don't want to be called 'the greatest' or 'one of the greatest;' let other guys claim to be the best. I just want to be…

  • From No Name Fellowship on Where We Go From Here

    No Name Fellowship published this statement while so many have remained silent. Amidst Tragedy… Where Do We Go From Here? No Name Fellowship has existed for the last 25 years to bring together Christian leaders in our community. We aim to collectively expose ourselves to the needs and assets of our city, exchange over those…

  • Does Your Life Matter?

    I would rather win a friend than win a debate. Is that because I just want to live a peaceful life and be well liked? That is a temptation. That is not the reason. The reason is because I believe my life matters, must matter, and is up to me, under God, to matter. Does…

  • Whose Lives Matter?

    Words and phrases are both galvanizing and divisive. They can explain and they can confuse. They can coalesce thinking or  muddle it. They can be misinterpreted,  misunderstood, and misused or they can serve as platforms for thinking, springboards of discussion, and meeting places for mutual understanding. So, when we hear "black lives matter," some immediately…

  • God Shed His Grace on Thee, America

    Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses. Our greatest weaknesses are our greatest strengths. Our greatest pitfalls are those principles that define us and that we cannot be who we are without. We can do this thing called America well or we can mess it up badly. It is a risk worth taking. At the…

  • Nor the Memory of Them Perish

    And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.(Esther 9:28)  We walk gingerly among the gravestones that dot the pathways of our memories.…