Darfur – What is your congressperson’s Grade?

At this link you will find how your congresspeople have voted on issues related to Darfur. The Genocide continues and it doesn’t seem to be on the radar of either the general public or the media.

See how your congressperson has voted…encourage that one to do better. The best of the Black Preaching Tradition has always cared for and advocated for the powerless. Let us be the voice of the voiceless.

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Is Gift Based Ministry an Excuse?

Chuck Warnick in his Confessions of a Small Church Pastor blog asks the question, “Has gift-based ministry given us an excuse not to serve?” He notes that often we hear people saying, “that is not my gift” when asked to serve.

Warnick notes that we have allowed the idea that all have been given a gift to be perverted into the idea that “if you don’t have THIS gift you don’t have to do anything.”

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I’m Gonna Sing That Song!

Psalm 33:6-9

Introduction


My father was a district leader of the NAACP during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Because of this, he used to tell my brothers and me about the Civil Rights Movement. My father simply called it “the movement.” I heard stories about marches, bus trips called freedom rides, and lunch counters. My father would have a smile on his face when he spoke about the accomplishments of the movement.

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KEEP WALKING IN THE DARK!

Exodus 20:18-21…I remember when I was a child sleeping in my warm bed on a cold night. There is something about the warmth of a bed when it is cold outside. But, sometimes early in the morning I would awaken out of a pleasant sleep and find that I needed to go to the bathroom. I would lay there until the discomfort of staying there in the bed overcame the comfort of laying in the bed. Then I would look out from my covers to see the path I will take on my way to the bathroom. In between my bed and the goal, I would see a monster sitting in one of the chairs right next to my bed.

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Psalm 1 – Bible Reading Notes

Psalm 1

Happy are those who stand with God. The wicked are not so happy. In this Psalm the wicked are giving faulty advice. They scoff at God and truth. In contrast the righteous meditate on God’s word and law. So they stand in the Judgement.

What do I do? Do I stand with the righteous or the wicked? Do I delight in the law of the Lord or do I scoff at it? Do I make fun of those who stand for truth come what may? Becasue if I am not on the side of the righteous then the Lord who watches over the righteous will execute Judgment on me.

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Format Scripture Title
Text Exodus 20:18-21 Keep Walking in the Dark
Text 1 Sam 1:4-20 When God Shuts Up Your Womb
Audio Matthew 9:1-7 How To Be a Righteous Agitator