Thursday, November 30, 2006
Attitude Adjustment ;)
"A Bad Attitude is like a Flat Tire.
You Can't go anywhere until you change it."
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Friendship
"I will smile alike to a friend and a foe, and make every effort, to find, in him or her, a praise-worthy quality, and discover that the moment I find one, I no longer have a foe!"
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
December 1st is AIDS Awareness Day
Please wear red on December 1st in honor of AIDS Awareness Day. Please pray for all those suffering from HIV/AIDS-related illnesses and their families.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thanksgiving
"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving." - W.T. Purkiser
W. T. Purkiser (1910-92) was a prolific writer, respected scholar, and well-loved preacher within the Church of the Nazarene who also had a significant voice in the larger evangelical Christian community. He authored and contributed to some of the most widely disseminated and enduring works in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
W. T. Purkiser (1910-92) was a prolific writer, respected scholar, and well-loved preacher within the Church of the Nazarene who also had a significant voice in the larger evangelical Christian community. He authored and contributed to some of the most widely disseminated and enduring works in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Special Prayer Request for Bebe Moore Campbell
I am requesting a special prayer for all friends, family and fans of author Bebe Moore Campbell who passed away today at age 56 of brain cancer. A phenomenal writer and a truly gifted sister. She was not only a physical beauty, but her writings have provided so much inspiration to others. She will be missed. . .Dot
Author Bebe Moore Campbell dies at 56 in Los Angeles
Canadian Press
Monday, November 27, 2006
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bebe Moore Campbell, whose many bestsellers touched on the ethnic and social divides in the U.S., died Monday. She was 56.
Campbell died at home in Los Angeles from complications due to brain cancer, said publicist Linda Wharton Boyd. She was diagnosed with the disease in February. "My wife was a phenomenal woman who did it her way," husband Ellis Gordon Jr. said in a statement. "She loved her family and her career as a writer.
Her books, largely fiction but based on real-life stories, included the perspective of many ethnic groups.
One of her first novels, "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine," was published in 1992 and spanned a 40-year period. It dealt with prejudice in the United States. The book earned her an NAACP Image Award for literature. She followed the book with "Brothers and Sisters," which focused on race relations in the corporate world after the 1992 Los Angeles riot.
Among her other novels were "Singing in the Comeback Choir," "What You Owe Me" and "72 Hour Hold," the latter dealing with a mother coping with her daughter's bipolar disorder. Her 2003 play, "Even With the Madness," also focused on mental illness.
She also wrote children's books, including "Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry" in 2003, which won the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Outstanding Literature Award. Another children's book, "I'm So Hungry," will be released next year.
As a journalist, her articles appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Essence and Ebony.
Campbell, whose full name was Elizabeth Bebe Moore Campbell Gordon, was born in February 1950 in Philadelphia. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971.
Campbell is survived by her husband; a son, Ellis Gordon III; a daughter, Maia Campbell; her mother, Doris Moore; and two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were pending.
© The Canadian Press 2006
Author Bebe Moore Campbell dies at 56 in Los Angeles
Canadian Press
Monday, November 27, 2006
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bebe Moore Campbell, whose many bestsellers touched on the ethnic and social divides in the U.S., died Monday. She was 56.
Campbell died at home in Los Angeles from complications due to brain cancer, said publicist Linda Wharton Boyd. She was diagnosed with the disease in February. "My wife was a phenomenal woman who did it her way," husband Ellis Gordon Jr. said in a statement. "She loved her family and her career as a writer.
Her books, largely fiction but based on real-life stories, included the perspective of many ethnic groups.
One of her first novels, "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine," was published in 1992 and spanned a 40-year period. It dealt with prejudice in the United States. The book earned her an NAACP Image Award for literature. She followed the book with "Brothers and Sisters," which focused on race relations in the corporate world after the 1992 Los Angeles riot.
Among her other novels were "Singing in the Comeback Choir," "What You Owe Me" and "72 Hour Hold," the latter dealing with a mother coping with her daughter's bipolar disorder. Her 2003 play, "Even With the Madness," also focused on mental illness.
She also wrote children's books, including "Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry" in 2003, which won the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Outstanding Literature Award. Another children's book, "I'm So Hungry," will be released next year.
As a journalist, her articles appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Essence and Ebony.
Campbell, whose full name was Elizabeth Bebe Moore Campbell Gordon, was born in February 1950 in Philadelphia. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971.
Campbell is survived by her husband; a son, Ellis Gordon III; a daughter, Maia Campbell; her mother, Doris Moore; and two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were pending.
© The Canadian Press 2006
My Number One Priority Is God
My Priority
God, the foundation of all life, is my priority.
There’s a reason that God is my number one priority: God is the very foundation of my life, of all life. With God as my first priority, I spend time in prayer and meditation, listening and learning what is important to me and to my loved ones.
Distractions can make demands on my time. Yet my awareness of God helps me put everything in rightful order. Then I can accomplish all that I desire to accomplish. For instance, the time I spend with family and friends nurtures our relationships. Keeping the commitments I make to others and myself adds to the fulfillment of life.
With God in the forefront of my thoughts and actions, my relationships with others are healthy and loving. My activities are purposeful, and my hopes and dreams are fulfilled.
“The Lord is my light and my salvation …. The Lord is the stronghold of my life.”—Psalm 27:1
God, the foundation of all life, is my priority.
There’s a reason that God is my number one priority: God is the very foundation of my life, of all life. With God as my first priority, I spend time in prayer and meditation, listening and learning what is important to me and to my loved ones.
Distractions can make demands on my time. Yet my awareness of God helps me put everything in rightful order. Then I can accomplish all that I desire to accomplish. For instance, the time I spend with family and friends nurtures our relationships. Keeping the commitments I make to others and myself adds to the fulfillment of life.
With God in the forefront of my thoughts and actions, my relationships with others are healthy and loving. My activities are purposeful, and my hopes and dreams are fulfilled.
“The Lord is my light and my salvation …. The Lord is the stronghold of my life.”—Psalm 27:1
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Post If You Love Jesus
Without God in my life I could do nothing. He has never failed me. Even when I question myself, I never question the goodness and mercy of the Lord.
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