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Martin Luther King
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Share with your Children
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Life Without Black People
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A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.
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At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.
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‘At last’, they said, ‘no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.’
. All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The ‘NEW AMERICA’ is not America at all - only a barren land. Read More
Feb 07 2012
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Tousled hair and bright eyes
At a recent news conference, Michelle flaunts a wavy hairstyle and her famously sculpted brows, signature work of Grimes-Myles.
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Mar 11 2011
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
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Peter Drucker once said, “It is easier to come up with new ideas than it is to…let go of the old ones.” I couldn’t agree more! That comfort zone is…well, pretty comforting for all of us.
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What are some of the secrets to taking risks and turning problems into new
Mar 05 2010
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
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THE LORD’S BASEBALL GAME
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Freddy and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord’s team was playing Satan’s team.
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The Lord’s team was at bat, the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs. They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate named ‘Love.’
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Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because ‘Love never fails.’
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The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love.
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The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound up and threw the first pitch.
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Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass: Ball one. Three more
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Kevin is a boy who might be described as “slow.” He didn’t learn his
ABCs as fast as other kids. He couldn’t compete in schoolyard races.
But Kevin had a way with people. His bright smile and big heart won
him plenty of friends.
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My friend Randy, the pastor at Kevin’s church, decided they needed a
basketball team for boys. Kevin signed on and soon basketball became
a center of his life. He practiced hard. While the other boys worked
at dribbling the basketball and shooting lay-ups, skills Kevin would
never master, he simply shot baskets. Or more correctly, he threw
the ball AT the basket. He had a special spot near the free throw
line. He threw and threw, and it occasionally went in. On the rare
times that he succeeded, Kevin raised his arms and shouted, “Look at
me, Coach! Look at me!” Randy looked at him. And smiled.
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The day before their first game, Coach Randy gave each player a
bright red jersey. Kevin was number 12. He scrambled himself into
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Jan 31 2010
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When was the last time you were challenged to do something really…
well… great?
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President Abraham Lincoln helped me to understand that there is a
bit of greatness within all of us. It is said that he often slipped
out of the White House on Wednesday evenings to listen to the
sermons of Dr. Phineas Gurley at New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
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He generally preferred to come and go unnoticed, so when Dr.
Gurley knew the president was coming, he left his study door open.
On one of those occasions, the president quietly entered through a
side door of the church, took his seat in the minister’s study,
located just off the sanctuary, and propped the door open just wide
enough to hear the preacher.
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During the walk home one Wednesday evening, an aide asked Mr.
Lincoln his appraisal of the sermon. The president thoughtfully
replied, “The content was excellent… he delivered with
eloquence… he had put work into the message..”
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“Then you thought it was an excellent sermon?” questioned the aide.
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