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The Holidays are Coming! The Holidays are Coming… MFT Thoughts on Managing the Stress of the Season

The Holidays are Coming! The Holidays are Coming… MFT Thoughts on Managing the Stress of the Season
And Nehemiah said, “I was very much afraid, but I said to the king, “May the king live forever!   Why should my face look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”   (Nehemiah 2: 2b-3) The story of Nehemiah is wonderful picture of how God uses an ordinary “regular” person to do something extraordinary.   Nehemiah was the “cup-bearer” to King Artaxerxes, meaning he tasted the king’s wine to make sure it wasn’t poisoned.   Not a glamorous job by any means!   As the story goes Nehemiah confronted his fear of the king and told the king what he wanted i.e. to return to Jerusalem and help in the rebuilding of the city wall!   The word that comes to my mind when I read this story is -- Leadership .   A friend of mine defines leadership as “ influence ”.   Through Nehemiah’s leadership he influenced a people and a nation and the wall of Jerusalem was rebuilt! If I was to ask you today—“What are you afraid of?”   W

Here’s Why More Attention Needs to Focus on Black Men

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As we approach another Father’s Day, let’s look at the social and economic issues African-American men are facing that affect the entire black community. By: Charles D. Ellison Posted: June 10 2015 3:00 AM   Audience members at The Root’ s manCODE event at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Feb. 3, 2014, in Washington, D.C.   Nicole L. Cvetnic/The Root I n our pressing public discussion about what troubles the souls of black folk, there are times when the conversation can seem phlegmatically black-man-centric. Instead of saying “unarmed black people shot by police,” we accept “unarmed black men ” as the default. Yet we know that black women are being gunned down or brutalized at alarming rates, too. One ugly weekend case