Friday, February 26, 2010
Time for Change
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Try sharing with a youth.
Surely, it can prevent teen-age pregnancy and drop outs.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Connect within Community
Look at what I said about community on my other blog. Visit http://revbruce.wordpress.com/category/community/ and discover insights and ideas about community in a modern perspective.
Check out www.give.org and www.pointsoflight.org for ways to contribute and connect within your local community. If you want to make a difference in your community, check out http://www.usaweekend.com/section/MDDAY and www.servenet.org today.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Communities in Crisis
The people of Judah were captured and forced to go to Babylon, because they were not faithful to God. - 1 Chronicles 9:1 (NCV)Communities are in crisis when they lose focus. When they get off track, they get so far away from their mission and purpose that they neglect the very things that allowed them to come together in the first place. We have to keep our focus in such times as these. Otherwise, we find ourselves drifting off into other territory that has nothing to do with what we are supposed to do. Unless we want to face dire consequences for going astray, we need to get together to make things right for ours and future generations where we live, work and worship.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
From Rebuke to Rewards
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Poetic Politics of Profit
Without speaking out
Against tyranny, hypocrisy
Or even the failures of democracy?
It would seem criminal to not share a common voice
With the countless whose urban plight
It seems to have sparked suburban flight,
Flight from ghetto sanctuaries to metro mini malls.
What sort of poet pens poetic verse
That does not curse and condemn
The very system that presses down
On many with no relief
And offers little or no hope?
I would say such a poet
Would be a bond-servant of the tyrants
And tycoons who make
Their greenbacks
From those they call wetbacks
And so-called Blacks
Seeking every break from every tax.
-Bruce Jackson (2009)
Monday, February 1, 2010
Planning in Proverbs (Pro. 15:22)
Plan with wise counsel to avoid plans failing. Identify those who exhibit wisdom who can serve as wise counselors to you as you plan your next venture. Let these people serve as a sounding board where you can bounce new ideas off them and see which way to go with your plans. Avoid negative people who tend to have a pessimistic view on most things. They may do more damage than good when it comes to moving forward. Allow people who have experience and expertise in a given area to share what they think about your ideas and adjust your plans when necessary.