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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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Awed by Greatness .. 2/3/2013

Sunday School Lesson for 2/3/2013. Unit III. Imitating Jesus. Awed by Greatness. Colossians 1:15-20.


Christ & Creation ... Colossians 1:15-17


Christ & The Church .. Colossians 1:18


Christ & Reconciliation ... Colossians 1:19-23


Colossians was written to the Christians at Colosse, in Asia Minor (Turkey today) in reply to an inquiry which they had sent after his health and welfare. The Church was founded at Colosse, but it is doubtful that the apostle Paul was never there.


This Epistle is exhorting to the Christian faith and practice.


Colossians 1:15-20


Verse 15 - Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Is Made Equal With God


(Exodus 33:18-23; John 4:24; John 14:5-11 ... Reference Scriptures in Sunday School Book)


No one could see God and live. Christ is the image of God from eternity to eternity.


Verses 16 - 17


Verses 16 - Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Performs the Works of God, In Creating


Verses 17 - Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Performs the Works of God, In Preserving All Things. ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Christ Possesses the Attributes of God, Is Superior to Men & Angels


(Genesis 1:1-2; John 1:3; Romans 8:38; Ephesians 6:12; Jude 6; Hebrews 1:2; John 1:1-2; Revelation 22:13; Hebrews 1:3 .. Reference Scripture in the Sunday School Book)


Before "time" and "anything was created" Christ already existed. (verse 17)


Verses 18-20


Verse 18 - Jesus Christ; Figurative Characters of Christ; The Head of the Body. ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Christ Possesses the Attributes of God; Is Superior to Men & Angels


Verse 19 - Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Is Made Equal With God


Verse 20 - Jesus Christ; Offices of Christ; Our Propitiation; (Propitiation - an atoning sacrifice). ... Man Redeemed; The New Covenant; All May Be Saved.


Christ is the Head of The Body (Church)


The Church is in the hearts of those called out for service which is the believers/Christians/Saints of God not the building structure.


Christ is the Creator of the universe/world and Establisher of the Church. Christ should have priority of our thoughts (spoken & unspoken) as well as our day-to-day-living.


(Mathew 16:18; I Corinthians 12:12-30; I Corinthians 3:16-17; Romans 6:9; I Corinthians 15:12-28; Romans 5:10 ... Reference Scriptures in the Sunday School Book)


Colossians 1:20 - Despite our "chatoic world," that we live in .. what holds the world together is, the reconciliation and peace of Christ.


Scripture & reference used/taken from: KJVTopical Reference Bible & KJV Precious Promise Bible; & Merrian Webster's Deluxe Dictionary