Today the world is in captivity to a virus that has changed all of us. We all feel that we have no control over the simplest things that we have taken for granted for years, the purchase of toilet paper or the ability to go to the doctor. The virus has given us a shared experience which has drawn us closer to our neighbors but has led to a nation divided by the political class as they prey on our fears for their own political gains.
Influence
Influence, it’s a concept that is very difficult to define or specifically measure. It’s a word we use to compare the relationship of our politicians with their citizens, how a husband and wife interact, or what impact an employee has on their fellow employees. The use of the word influence is a lot like the use of the word love, with its many contexts. It’s a word that can sound impressive and sincere but have no meaning.
From the Publisher
I turn 60 this week, and I was eight years old when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, 1968. I lived on North Reese between Poplar and Walnut Grove. I remember the fear that came into our house that day. We lived two blocks from East High School, and the protests had reached the neighborhoods just north of East High School. Dr. King had come to Memphis to fight for the equal treatment of the African American sanitation workers. The Sanitation Workers’ Strike had started on February 12th after two black sanitation workers had been killed by taking cover from the cold and rain in the back of a garbage truck, because they were not allowed in the building like their white counterparts.
Memphis Athletics
“You too can make a difference and inspire others to be what God called them to be” 1) There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heaven:<br> 2) A time to be born and a time to die,… <br>4) a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a …
Marriage and the “Modern Women”
We start 2020 with our traditional January bridal issue, I know from personal friendships and family that marriages that may have been on hold for several years due to the great recession are now in full bloom. The strong job market has given young couples the confidence to do what generations have done before them.
From the Publisher
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.Romans 12:2 For those of us blessed to live in areas where we have seasonal change, the concept of renewal happens at least twice a year when we leave Winter and enter Spring. The end of Summer means a return to a regular …
From the Publisher
This short passage in Proverbs gives us the instruction to plan, even when our planning is for people that we may never meet. In 1983 right out of college, I started my career in the investment business with a man named Russell Clack. Russell and I worked together for several years, and we were selfishly at odds with each other in the firm as he and I fought for position in the firm. We both left the firm for what at the time we thought was a better opportunity, and we did not see each other for 23 years. Our paths may not have crossed, but this is Memphis, so we certainly knew of the success we each had achieved as we matured in our careers. The maturity for each of us was based on a new relationship with God and the understanding that relationship brought to our families and careers.
From the Publisher
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house… The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.ויפנה יהוה את שבות איוב, …
From the Publisher April 2018
Seek the Peace and Prosperity of the City in which I have placed you.וְדִ רְ שׁוּ אֶת-שְ ׁלוֹם הָעִיר, אֲשֶ ׁר הִגְלֵיתִ י אֶתְ כֶם שָ ׁמָ ּה, וְהִתְ פַּלְלוּ בַעֲדָ הּ, אֶל-יְהוָה: כִּי בִשְ ׁלוֹמָ הּ, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם שָ ׁלוֹם ז JEREMIAH 29:7 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins. This …