Talented From An Early Age!

Repost — O.K. Enough Already!

It had been prophesied a long, long time ago that God intended to use me in a big way. I was told that I should trust and obey what God's will is for my life. Furthermore, in a validating move, He saved my life* about this time last year in a situation that was against all odds where the chief surgeon at a large nationally ranked hospital had predicted my demise and/or the loss of a limb. Wrong! I'm still here with all of my original equipment.
I have finally determined that I will start to more fully obey and go wherever He leads me. I think that includes His purpose for the content of this blog. So, enough already with the pointing out of that which borders on the sacreligious... enough of the comedy of the profane... and enough of the ignorant stuff. There are an overabundance of web sites that serve to tittilate the senses. I don't have time to spend time doing anything less than that which will glorify my Father. I now dedicate this blog to whatever it will take to inform and educate others in the way that I have been lead by the Spirit. This is the first step in doing just that!
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Church Fight

C'mon Bynum-Weeks and every other church pastor / leader / member, on the premises or off! There is enough sin and injustice in the world today to battle than to fight each other! Channel your energies into the right thing and let God fight your battles. It's His, after all. If you accept the cloak of righteousness, wear it well and wear it all the time. Bank not on your own understanding. It is incidents like these where we let the adversary prevail. Watch and pray without ceasing.

A Girl Like Me

And still we rise to reject centuries of cultural suliminal brainwashing!

Max Roach - 1924-2007

Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners’ expectations, died early yesterday in Manhattan. He was 83.

His death, at an undisclosed hospital, was announced by a spokesman for Blue Note Records, Mr. Roach’s last label. No cause was given. Mr. Roach, who had lived on the Upper West Side for many years, had been known to be in poor health for some time.

Mr. Roach’s death closes a chapter in American musical history. He was the last surviving member of a small circle of adventurous musicians — among them Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and a handful of others — whose innovations brought about wholesale changes in jazz during World War II and immediately afterward.

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Can You Identify These Two Characters?

Thomas Nelson, a friend, showed me this photo (without the frame) today. As you can see, it's years old. Both of the people here were much younger and neither had reached their pinnacle of success. Stevie Wonder, left, and Mohammad Ali, right. Those were the days!

Jill Scott — "Hate On Me"

A Neat, Simple and Easy Solution!

Consider the things happening in these United States today. We are witnessing weather unlike any witnessed ever before. There have been tornadoes in the Bronx, Kansas and many other Midwestern states. There have been flooding and flash flooding in Texas and the middle seaboard states. Remember the wildfires that raged in Utah, California, Georgia, Florida and Michigan (to name a few)?

We see the beginning of global warming and all of its dire consequences.

On the other hand we see atrocious, bold-faced crimes everywhere — some are in places where people think they should not be.

Wars that shouldn't be are raging seemingly without end and people are too docile to unite in calling for an end.

It seems obvious that this land is in need of healing. In my mind, the first solution would be to pray. The Bible gives a practical remedy:

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. — 2 Chronicles 7:14

Notice that everyone is not required to follow this prescription for healing; just those people who are called by his name! So why are we waiting. If it were a national physical emergency, we would witness an emergency response to rival the response to 9/11. This emergency is far worse. It seems to be a bad case of Karma coming to this nation for a prolonged visit. Any visit by bad Karma is too long because when it rains, it rains on the just and unjust alike.

I am calling for all of those who can care to humble themselves, pray, seek his face, and turn from your wicked ways — starting today, starting now-this moment.... Starting as soon as you realize that: "It's time to make a change and WE are the people who can do it!"

Why Black Women Are Angry

THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS: THE DUNBAR VILLAGE CASE & EQUAL PROTECTION (AND MEDIA COVERAGE) UNDER THE LAW

By now you should be aware of the Dunbar Village sexual assault and gang rape of a Haitian woman and her son that took place in June. This horrific crime that took place in this West Palm Beach, Florida housing project did so in part due to a congressional $168,000 cut in security that went to that development up until four years ago.

Now, unless you have been under a rock, or still have not caught on to the real power of this "blogging thing," Gina McCauley over at What About Our Daughters has decided to be a champion for another cause that is designed to speak up on behalf of women. Women - particularly Black women - should not be open targets for crime and sexual assault. All crime is wrong against any human being. However, as you well know, when it comes to Black women, or any woman that is not white, we have a mainstream society that seems not to care. It is what it is.

Gina is pissed! As we all should be. Yet, I want to suggest an effort that is designed to show tangible and measurable results. We can still call Jesse, Al and all the other Black and women groups with media access to speak up on this issue. I'm all for that. However, the reality is, with the plethora of social ailments that plague our society, especially within the African American community, it is easy for leaders of groups and legislative representatives to become overwhelmed. I can relate.

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What Will I Play Today? - 756

or maybe 772, which is his record plus his number! Go, Barry!!!

The Taste of Country Cooking

Discovering something new is great, but discovering a classic can be even better. In The Taste of Country Cooking, Edna Lewis focuses on the simple, seasonal cooking of her childhood in Freetown, Virginia—a freed slave community founded by her grandfather. It’s one of those cookbooks that we read both for pleasure and for great recipes: Any morning with creamed ham, sweet potatoes, biscuits, and coffee sounds good to us.

The next Jennfier Hudson (Dreamgirl)

And I'm tellin you, you're going to love me!