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TAKE THE LONG VIEW!

      There was a time when one of the first things that an older person would ask a teenager is: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  In that one question, the elder would demonstrate to the younger that there was more to life than ‘texting and gaming’. 

      In that one question is the wisdom in taking ‘the long view’ of life.

      Somehow, many have become ‘time compressed’ to deliberately overlook the social graces of God, Bible and ‘good religion’, as well as just

TIPPED--AND BLESSED: THE BOTTOM LINE

     I happened to read about the following tipping horror story recently.

      A rather large party came to a restaurant for dinner.  Two waitresses handled all their details and saw to their needs.  Once the large check came, the party paid up—and left a hefty (and I do mean hefty) tip for the two waitresses.  Of course, one would think that this matter ended here—but it didn’t.  The other waitresses complained to the manager.  The manager demanded that th

BE YE THANKFUL

       I find it highly interesting that Halloween and Christmas are soooo close together—that is, IF you believe the retailers.  After all, Christmas represents a full 25% of retail sales.  Halloween—for the entire month of October and back into September (in some places) has become the second most ‘party’ holiday on record—again, based on the money made from adults (anxious to cosplay, no doubt).  Yet, there continues to be a social rise against the holiday of Thanksgiving as ma

The Perfect Script

One of the most profound things that my wife and I were blessed to learn was by author Ra Un Nefer Amen. He indicated that we all have been conditioned to have a script of the ideal person and the ideal relationship. This script can include anything from physical characteristics to financial status and personality type. When we first fall in love and have those butterflies in our stomach and fire in our hearts, it’s probably due to us feeling like we found the man or woman of o

Atlanta, GA; Good Life Music Group teams up with Lil Donald, who already has a solid following and name via releases of various records. The union made sense due to both Good Life Music Group and Lil Donald having solid foundations; together they drop his latest track "Clap Yo Hands". "Clap Yo Hands" brings in feature artist Ghetto Barbie and has production by Mr217. When it kicks off, the sound is similar to some throwback Atlanta sounds, yet when Lil Donald starts the hook; it takes you back t

From beginning to end, That Church Life has you on the edge of your pew. ​What made this book a page turner: Three ladies on different spiritual paths that come to a head at the beginning of a major tragedy. The book unfolds as Missy, the preachers kid and heir to the megachurch throne is broken, bloody and on the run in these Durham, North Carolina streets!

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                                            From the Ramparts

                                           Junious Ricardo Stanton

                                           African Concept of Being

            "In the eternal cycle of Afrikan life, a human being is acknowledged as having come from the spirit world (the ancestors and the source of life and being.) Spiritual reality manifests as 'human beingness.' Thus, the Afrikan human being (Muntu) come

After my father's death I wrote a book title 'My Father Said"  It is a collection of many of the life lesson, traditions and beliefs my father shared with me.  You are about to read a letter from the book at the end of your life journey what would your son write about you?

When I was old enough to understand the logic that motivated my father, I realized how much he loved me.

My father never spoke the words, “I love you”, but every day my father told me: “I love you.” My father loved me enough to