"We Are The World" - Is the Corona virus a Message?
May 15, 2020 ... The poll found that 31% of Americans, who believe in God, feel strongly that the virus is a sign of God telling humanity to change. More below.
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." - Isaiah 41:10
Recent report indicates that only Spain has a higher percentage of deaths than the United States so we again plead with everyone ... wear your mask!
September 14, 2020 Shall we wear masks? Please copy and paste this short video which answers the question: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDj3-3QBxpR/.
August 25, 2020
"I am asking everyone to Examine your Hearts"
After her only son, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back by a police officer, his mother Julia Jackson shared the following. Every American needs to read this story of grace, spurred on by her Christian love for everyone, even the perpetrators of the crime against her son. Please take a few minutes to read this amazing call for reconciliation and love by the parent of a victim.
"We really just need prayers. As I was riding through here, the city ... I noticed a lot of damage. It doesn't reflect my son or my family. If Jacob knew what was going on ... this violence and destruction, he would be displeased. I am asking everyone in Wisconsin and abroad to take a moment to examine your heart.
Citizens, police officers, firemen, clergy, politicians, do Jacob justice on this level and examine your heart. We need healing as I pray for my son, healing physically emotionally, and spiritually.
I also have been praying, even before this, for healing for our country ... God placed each of us in our country because he wanted us to be here. Clearly you can see I have beautiful brown skin ... look at your hands, whatever shade it is they are all beautiful ... God did not make one type of tree or flower or fish or rock. How dare you ask him to make only one type of human that looks just like you ... I am not just talking to Caucasians. I am talking to everyone white, black, Japanese, Chinese, red , brown. No one is superior to another; the only supreme being is god himself
Please lets begin to pray for healing for our nation. We are the United States. Have we been united ... do you understand what will happen when we fall because a house that is against itself cannot stand.
To all the police officers I am praying for you and your families, to all of the citizens black and brown, my sisters and brothers I am praying for you. I believe that you are intelligent beings just like the rest of us... let' s use our hearts and love, our intelligence to work together. Let's show the rest of the world how humans are supposed to treat each other.
America is great ... will we behave greatly."
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Please share this beautiful Christian message with your friends and colleagues. Efforts, as described by Ms. Jackson and not Law and Order rhetoric, will bring Christ inspired peace to the world. |
August 12,2020 
As Christians, we are the "Light of the World" (Matthew 5:14). Spread the word to our world.
August 6,2020
A sign is worth a thousand words.
On this date one presidential candidate accused a second candidate ... " Hurt the Bible. Hurt God. He's against God". So what does this mean? The candidate refers to the Bible so it is clear he is speaking of the god of both the Jewish and the Christian faith. It might be logical that to say someone, who is "against God" is a person whose behavior does not follow God's commandments.
The "Golden Rule", recorded by a Jewish scribe over 2,500 years ago in Leviticus 19:18, was quoted by Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31) and described by him as the second great commandment ... "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
In 2020 two scientists, not theologians, representing the candidate, who is making the accusation, advised our country's citizens to wear masks not to protect themselves from the virus but to protect from spreading the virus to others. This guidance is particularly relevant to asymptomatic carriers of the virus. Sounds like a modern version of the "Golden Rule" from the Bible.
Another Bible verse, from the Apostle Paul, to consider: "Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things" Romans 2:1
So which candidate is following the 2020 "golden rule" by wearing his mask? Which candidate is following the Jewish and Christian Golden Rule? People of America - we need to hold our leaders accountable, particularly when their accusations apply more to themselves than to their opponents.
July 30, 2020 John Lewis eulogy by Barack Obama ... " John spent his entire life fighting for justice and equality and now he has left behind his marching orders for all of us." The challenge to peacefully make a difference in our changing world. Young people are stepping forward. What role does the Christian church play?
July 1, 2020 Each day something new is happening as the Coronavirus surges to higher and higher infections. Trying to keep up on this page will be too long- winded. So, for now, lets sum up. I remember waking up early Easter morning and started climbing out of bed to dress for our Easter Sunrise service at the beach, off Long Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly I realized that the service had been cancelled due to the virus.
Sadly I returned to bed but my sadness dissipated as the song "Every Morning is Easter Morning" by Avery and Marsh jumped into my head. It was a song I was prepared to play at the service that morning.
"Every morning is Easter morning from now on
Everyday is resurrection day, the past is over and gone
Goodbye guilt, goodbye fear, good riddance; Hello Lord, hello sun
I am one of the Easter people,; my new life has begun.
So the virus is still here and long standing racial challenges have come to the public's notice in an impactful way. Our politicians seem unable to move forward on planning In the midst of these challenges, we Christians remember that , as far as God is concerned, every morning is Easter morning. Every morning is a celebration of the hope that comes to each of us even in the darkest of times. If you do not know the song, the chorus is above in green. Make it a part of your preparation for each day. Thank you, Avery and Marsh.
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Remember ...
Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie understood this in this epic song "We are the World" released during the immigrant friendly years of the Presidency of Ronald Reagan.
People of America - the lyrics of this song are given below. Read them, think about them and then join in the day of prayer for the people of the world to once again come together as one.
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone somewhere will soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know
Love is all we need
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So, let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
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When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all
But if you just believe
There's no way we can fall
Well, well, well
Let's realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
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More News on Virus:
June 17, 2020 Black Lives Matter reached our hometown
and I was impressed how peaceful it was and the number of young people involved. The young people care and are not an uninvolved generation that many have described them as being. ... One sign, listing a series of concerns, was held by one of the peaceful youth at our hometown rally. It read, "No more excuses. We must refuse this. Silence is useless. Long live the innocent." A sentiment to be thought about. Thank you to our young people.
May 22, 2020 It was quite a morning on the radio - just what I needed. "Reach out and touch ... we are the world ... What the world needs now is love". Despite the Coronavirus a good morning after all. May we all remember that we are all, all the world, in this together...
May 15,2020 The poll found that 31% of Americans who believe in God feel strongly that the virus is a sign of God telling humanity to change, with the same number feeling that somewhat. Evangelical Protestants are more likely than others to believe that strongly, at 43%, compared with 28% of Catholics and mainline Protestants.
May 6, 2020 New Genetics Evidence states Science is unsure where this virus emanated
May 5,2020 per Los Angeles Times ... "Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious
April 24, 2020
Today is Arbor Day, a day set aside throughout the world to raise awareness of trees and the important role that they play in our environment. Who is thinking of trees today? But we should.
March 30, 2020 per Dr. Irene Ken, Physician ... Description of virus ... a protein not living ...
March 29, 2020 Just received Facebook article from a nurse
March 23, 2020 From the New York Times, WASHINGTON ... "Yuanyuan Zhu was walking to her gym in San Francisco on March 9, thinking the workout could be her last for a while, when she noticed that a man was shouting at her. He was yelling an expletive about China..."
March 14, 2020 ... This page was created on this day . Two days before I was writing an article on the Big East basketball Tournament opening round, when the game was abruptly stopped at halftime. It was the last game of the college basketball season.
Later, in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the President of the United States has called for Sunday, March 15th to be a day of prayer. We agree. But for whom or for what are we to pray? And why on just one day? Why not everyday?
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