"No Struggle" Strategy: Move from a Small Business to a Smart Business
Detroit, MI (BlackNews.com) – Many businesses, "author-preneurs" and ministries struggle because they are focused on the wrong things.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want," said Zig Ziglar, international speaker whose quote is the guiding inspiration to authors Pam Perry, Anthony and Crystal Obey.
Together they have penned, SYNERGY ENERGY: How to Use the Power of Partnerships to Market Your Book, Grow Your Business and Brand Your Ministry. The book outlines synergy energy marketing methods and techniques that anyone can use everyday for their business, book or ministry.
The Invitation
The Invitation
by Becky DeWitt
In this age of marketing and media, there are many invitations that are sent through the mail or the internet for a dinner at an expensive or exclusive restaurant. At first glance, you are excited about the possibility of a free meal. Looking closer, the fine print reveals the purpose, a demonstration or presentation designed for persuasion.
An invitation is announcement of a forthcoming event or activity which requests your presence. What would you do if you received an invitation that did not have anything strings attached? What if the invitation was to an event that would change your life in ways that you could not even imagine? An invitation is presented prior to the event so that you have time to make a decision.
Our Own “Trail of Tears”
Our Own “Trail of Tears”
by Verinda Birdsong
Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning (Psalms 30:5)
If you are a history buff or if you remember your high school class in American history and the expansion of the West, then you are familiar with the term “Trail of Tears” so called by Native Americans when the governments of Georgia and the United States in their endeavor to confiscate rich, prime land, removed hundreds of thousands of the First Americans from their ancestral home to Indian Reservations throughout the Midwest. For several years, as each tribe beginning with the Chickasaw Nation and ending with the last forced relocation of the Cherokees in 1839, “trails of tears” were formed during the extrication process either by a civil war of words and guns, conciliatory treaties, or forced removal that often involved intrigue, covenant breaking, betrayal and genocide on both sides.
Game. Set. Match.
“Game. Set. Match.”
by Damainion Ewell
An expecting mother and father are in the delivery room. As the snow drifts and the blustery wind chills the air, a warming calm wards off the frost. An evening of solidarity is upon the family. Pacing to and fro across the room is a man longing for the arrival of his first born child. His chest is puffed out with innocent pride, as he wipes beads of sweat off his wife’s forehead. He watches absorbedly and excruciatingly the travail of birthing a miracle.
One Lady Pastor’s Perspective
One Lady Pastor’s Perspective
by Pastor Natalie A. Francisco, Ed. D.
What are the implications of being a female pastor in the 21st century? To be quite honest, both the best and the worst prevail at the same time. Incredible joys juxtaposed by the incredulous jeers of others who even in this day and time assert that women are to be silent in the church and prohibit them from preaching or teaching behind the sacred desk. This causes both delight and despair in the minds and hearts of women who only desire to heed and obey God’s call upon their lives. Such is my dilemma as a co-pastor who happens to be female.
Children of Incarcerated Parents: Helping the Silent Victims
CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS:
HELPING THE SILENT VICTIMS
By Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell
When Katia Dukes was nine, her father was arrested for killing her mother and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison. As her father was escorted from the courtroom, young Katia became another silent victim — a child with an incarcerated parent.
Authorities estimate that about 1.2 million inmates, men and women, have children struggling to cope outside the prison walls. Frequently, these children live in foster homes or with an un-incarcerated parent or relative facing severe financial and social strains.
