05/20/2020
Greetings, once again, my brothers and sisters in Christ! Much has changed since my last check-in. The eternal living God has not! Hallelujah! May His guidance in these troubling times reach us all.
Let the Love of Our Father show through in all of our thoughts, words and deeds, and may His peace overshadow all concerns, in His Son's name, Amen.
Me again. Seems I've been neglectful in my moderating of this forum. I could casually explain that personal and now social challenges have consumed my time, but the truth would be closer to abandonment.
Christian Centered Policy Institute, Lord?
I always said that the world would be my classroom once I left the classroom. This is different, though. Overwhelming. Where do I start?
What I've come to understand is that this will be a personal effort to shape the narrative. A personal effort to expose lies and uncover truth. A waged personal effort to be able to say at the end of my days that I ran this race as My Father would have me run; my stumbles He has healed.
A backround: There is a program, a methodology I became familiar with in my early career, that was and is promoted for the treatment of children with ADHD and other related "behavior" disorders(Dr. William Pelham, Jr.). Over the course of an 8 week summer day camp, these children participate in a variety of sports-centric activities, in addition to other classroom exercises, all the while being "assessed".
Negative, undesirable behaviors were called out via a defined point/token economy system, the feedback provided to these children in real time, interlaced with overwhelming praise and recognition for certain positive behaviors Behavior modification 101.
The other historically proven method of changing behavior: threats, intimidation, and the ultimate follow-through, death.
(Hmm, where am I hearing this message nowadays?)
Policy is like that. Of course, when we make laws, we make them for others and not ourselves. We just want a line in the sand that says, "You can't go there", whatever "there" is.
So, here we are. Crisis hits. To think we were so "unprepared".
Were we?
Rejoice my siblings! Your home awaits and you have been called in Joshua 1:9 "To be strong and have good courage, be not afraid, for the Lord thy God is with Thee, wheresoever thou goest"! Death does not bind, nor does it hold power, and you are free to exist unafraid and unencumbered, rejoicing in the living word all your days remain! He and He alone will ring that bell when time has come. Amen, amen, amen!
That said, let our mission remain the same, as we go forth, professing the name of Christ and the salvation that awaits those willing to accept this most precious gift. Let us shape the narrative that indeed, the time is at hand to be accountable to the Most High.
Let us walk as Christ intended, baring witness in whatever capacity that means to you, personally, and may we remain vigilant as the shapings and continued goings-on attempt to establish the "new normal".
Indeed, it is not.