Forging Ministry Partnerships

Today I was honored to have The Right Rev. Dr. John Adiema, Bishop of the Rorya Diocese of the Anglican Church in Tanzania and Dr. Robert W Kisusu, Professor at Kowak Theological College in Tarime-Mara, Tanzania share in the noon Bible study at New Bethel. Bishop Adiema is committed to serving his diocese and empowering them to serve this present age. Both of these men of God are building partnerships to bring greater resources to the rural areas of Tanzania and I and my church family are joining with them in this effort. It’s my prayer that their work will be successful.
A Chaplain on How to Talk About the Right to Die and Death With Patients — TIME

Martha Kay Nelson has had a long career in hospice work. Rather than choosing hospice work, she believes hospice work chose her. Her training was at Harvard Divinity School. She did a yearlong internship as a hospice chaplain during her graduate work. The year after she graduated, she managed to combine her career as a…
A Chaplain on How to Talk About the Right to Die and Death With Patients — TIME
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A Poem for the New Year

Another year is dawning and we’re so grateful to be here
Though many loved ones have left us God has caused us to persevere
Through dangers seen and unseen, we’ve traveled through the days
We’ve fought hard life’s battles empowered by God’s grace
We’ll see another year of mercies, of service, God’s faithfulness and praise
We’ll rise in mind and soul and strength to help each other be present
And believe that change is possible as another year dawns for us
We’ll quench the fiery darts of Satan’s bow and quell the roar of our loudest foe
We’ll strive for excellence and achieve the heights no one thought to believe
Another decade is dawning, as swift as time transitions
We dare to accept the challenges knowing not what lies ahead
We’ll walk by faith and not by sight assured that God will keep us right
With liberating freedom filling our soul and
the light of God’s knowledge in our sight
We’ll press unselfishly ahead above the noise of human’s selfish strife
A new decade is upon us. New opportunities to do greater things
Serving our present age with haste our mission to fulfil
With grateful hearts in this new year and decade, we’ll do our master’s will
Black Christian Leaders and Influencers Who Died in 2019 — BCNN1 WP

Rev. Cameron M. Alexander The Rev. Cameron Madison Alexander, who spent more than four decades in the pulpit of Atlanta’s Antioch Baptist Church North, has died. He was 86. His daughter, Maria Hunter, confirmed his death after a brief illness. “He was the most loving, caring and dedicated,” she said. “He loved the Lord and spent […]
Black Christian Leaders and Influencers Who Died in 2019 — BCNN1 WP
20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously — TIME

In the final hours of Dec. 31, 1999, John Koskinen boarded an airplane bound for New York City. He was accompanied by a handful of reporters but few other passengers, among them a tuxedo-clad reveler who was troubled to learn that, going by the Greenwich Mean Time clock used by airlines, he too would enter…
20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously — TIME
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Kanye West Will No Longer Perform His Old Songs, Will Get Pious Versions — The Urban Daily
Kanye West is serious about the whole born again thing. Reportedly, Yeezy will no longer perform his past secular music, at least in its OG form. According to TMZ, sources say West plans to “never perform his old music in its original form again.” Instead, fans will get safe “for the kids” versions of his…
Kanye West Will No Longer Perform His Old Songs, Will Get Pious Versions — The Urban Daily