How Dr Martin Luther King Moved A Nation

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It's Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America today. Take moment to digest the contents of his "I Have A Dream" speech delivered on the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963,and it's not hard to understand why. I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of … [Read more...]

Why You Eat Your Words

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When God said life and death are in the power of the tongue, one's mouth takes on a whole new meaning. The ability to speak life, or death, carries grave consequences. And therefore, responsibility. Meaning every word ought to be scanned, scrutinized and interrogated at the departure … [Read more...]

The Potency Of A Giving Economy

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SELFISHNESS is a crazy paradox because everything it wants, it repels. Compassion never attended a pity-party. The attention-seeker is willfully ignored. Friends avoid a user. Prosperity runs from a miser. Self has slithered through humanity since Adam made his own arrangements in the Garden … [Read more...]

Conform Or Else

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And don't you dare be different. Because I need to label you. Put you in a box and stereotype you. That way, I don’t have to think for myself to understand you. Instead, I’ll follow the crowd, including people who play on my ignorance like the media. It’s your choice: conform or be … [Read more...]

Why Outside Change Is An Inside Job

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Hey bus driver… MOVE THAT BUS! It’s the money shot on the US TV show Extreme Home Makeover. The crowd cheers. Joyful tears. A brand new home with all the mod cons for the needy family. Each room is frantically explored. Flat screen TV’s, air conditioning, underfloor heating, designer … [Read more...]

No such thing as Child Poverty

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So now I've got your attention, let me explain the headline. I was chatting to a friend who works for a Government agency. “What’s the big issue right now,” I enquired. “Child Poverty,” she replied without hesitation. That’s odd, I thought to myself. I’ve never met a broke or … [Read more...]

No Future in a Faithless Education

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FAITH! Nothing else pleases God like it. Not even prayer, fasting or a religiously disciplined life. The Bible says everybody has a measure of it, meaning there’s nobody on the planet that doesn’t have God-pleasing potential. That’s heartening isn’t it? So why send kids into a … [Read more...]