Saturday, September 14, 2013

Headlines...

Some of today's headlines that caught my attention.



DCF Northeast Florida Region Director David Abramowitz, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and Edward Waters College president Nathaniel Glover, Jr. acknowledge the gathered crowd as they hang a plaque in the Schell-Sweet Community resource Center on the Edward Waters College Campus Thursday afternoon. Representatives of local and state organizations wrapped up the Community of Hope event at Edward Waters College Thursday afternoon, September 12, 2013 with speakers at the Milne Auditorium on the school's campus. The group, organized by the Department of Children and Families, was seeking solutions to deal with the city's highest rates of poverty, health problems, crime and unemployment found in the 32209 zip code.  BOB SELF

'Great investment' being made in 32209 ZIP code's future

They spent Thursday morning talking about their largely impoverished neighborhoods on Jacksonville’s Northwest side and what changes need to be made to make their families safe, healthy and successful.
They spent the afternoon getting fired up about making those changes.
“I feel a lot of energy,” said David Abramowitz, Northeast region director for the state Department of Children and Families, which is leading the “Community of Hope” initiative.
Click here to read the entire story on Jacksonville.com

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Ben Jealous resigns...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/politics/naacp-ben-jealous-resigns/index.html

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

A little Light

On yesterday evening I was vacuuming out our vehicles. Since it was evening, it grew darker and darker as I finished up with my truck. I was in the trunk section or the boot as some may call it when my interior light when out. This is a normal function that happens when you have your doors open for a prolonged period of time in order to conserve the battery. So, I quickly finished up. Although it was little dark, it looked as if I had done a good job. 

I wrapped up by inserting my key in the ignition in order to let up my windows. As I did, the interior light came back on. So after I let my windows up, I walk back to the trunk aka the boot. Lo and behold, I saw that I had missed quite a bit of dirt/trash. I was surprised. Although it was getting dark, I thought, surely I had enough light to adequately finish cleaning my truck. How wrong I was.

In the midst of this experience I realized how significant a little "light" can be to us. Now, I'm not advocating for anyone to strive for the minimum. However, I am advocating that sometimes we are operating in the dark, thinking we are doing a good job but in reality we are missing a lot of dirt and stuff that is left behind. All we need to do is to add a little light. Add the light of God that can help you see the areas that you have missed. No matter what tools you have, if you don't have adequate light, you will surely miss some things.

So you might ask, how much light do I need? Enough light for you to make sure you are doing the the job right. And its not hard to turn the light on...its as easy as sticking the key into the ignition.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Don't forget the gift

Don't just know the wages of sin... KNOW THE GIFT OF GOD.  

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.                                -Romans 6:23 KJV

Don't forget about the gift.

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