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Some times I wonder if we (believers) have a hearing problem, or maybe we just don't fully comprehend Christ's mandate for the Ecclesia (called-out ones)? Today, I had a very sobering contemplation about standing at the Judgment Seat of Christ, giving account for my obedience to His will with the talent, time and treasure that He has granted me stewardship. As an analyzer and strategist, I thought long and hard about "how" I would respond to certain questions; and as I did - I could sense the Holy Spirit grieved by my lame excuses, selfishness and wandering heart! If any of you asked me last week, whether I was "totally devoted" to Christ and His Cause, I would have "loudly proclaimed" my dedication to Him - along with the number of years that I have been sincerely committed! But, no matter what people believe or say about what they can "see" of your obedience to Christ, only you know (if you're staying in His face) whethe...

When as a community, we've not properly "healed" from the diabolical assaults, biases and unfair treatment that many "institutional powers" have perpetuated against communities of color through the numerous policies and overt acts of racism, we also may arrive at certain "true" but crippling conclusions that imprisons us to justifiably "angry" attitudes and indifference towards any attempts on our parts or their's to reconcile with the status quo to take our destinies into our own hands. To actually change things around us — without asking for permission or without limiting ourselves to seeking support from the government to solve our own community's problems... We must force ourselves to harness the collective wisdom and wealth of our own community's, to silence the common narrative around black folks being "desperate", "needy", or "disenfranchised", in some perpetual state of "cat...