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Justice for All These words and ideas are mine and reflect only my opinions, but they are deep convictions and they have led me to forms some relationships with organizations that address some of the inequities I have observed in society. Is the American ideal of liberty and justice for all a reality? It may be more so in the setting of criminal law than practical law. Even in criminal law, the outcomes are often inadequate. The Justice for All Act of 2004 ( The Justice for All Act of 2004 (H.R. 5107, Public Law 108-405 ) is, like most legislation, a bit deceptive in its name. It covers an important, but severely limited issue of allowing victims to speak at sentencing hearings for perpetrators of crime against themselves. In a system where there is little relevance in the trial and punishment to the victim and minimal relationship between the entities and issues involved and the final outcome, this is an important consideration - the right of the victim to add...

Therefore ... Keep On People have differing views of work ranging from dread to excitement - but very view people relish working in vain. We want something to show for our efforts. In the fifteenth chapter of his first letter to Corinth, the Apostle Paul admonishes his friends, "Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." Perhaps the Corinthians suspected that it all might be for naught. Everyone who uses a computer to communicate deeply felt convictions and intricate concepts has had the experience of seemingly working in vain. We have labored over thoughts and words for intense periods of time and have finally formulated those ideas into concrete sentences when the computer suddenly crashes and all is lost. All of that for nothing! But not really. We have meditated, wrestled, and have been shaped by truth. We may have to step a...

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SOME POSTS FROM THE DREAM FACTORY Don't Give Up ... Today At this very moment, out of the 1470 people receiving this bulletin, someone is considering quitting. It is not their job that they are tempted to walk out on, or necessarily their marriage, or anything that anyone will immediately notice. It is something far more important ... their dreams. Someone is about to give up on their dreams and it will show gradually and in very subtle ways. They are discouraged and hopeless and the rewards just are not coming from their efforts. I have one word for you, dear friend, and it is not necessarily brilliant. There will be tomorrow. You will have countless opportunities to quit. Quitting will always be an option for you unless and until you come to the place of deciding that it is not. Here is the word: WAIT. I am just saying, wait. Don't quit today. Give it another day and get back with me. You have no idea what inspiration, burst of energy, word of encoura...

Leaders are readers! Here are some powerful titles on business and leadership from noted Christian authors that i highly recomend: The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset By John C. Maxwell / Nelson Business What one factor can make all the difference in your life? Your attitude! In this life-changing volume, the best-selling author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership shows how a positive outlook can revolutionize your ability to overcome and grow from common challenges such as discouragement, change, problems, fear, and failure. 208 pages; 5" x 7"; Hardcover. The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization By John C. Maxwell / Thomas Nelson Wondering how to apply leadership principles if you're not the boss? Maxwell has answers! Debunking myths and clarifying challenges, the popular author asserts that you don't have to be the "main" person to impact your organization. You'll discover spec...

Spelling MONEY Biblically M - MANAGE it; never let it manage you. It is a great slave and a poor master. Love people and use money; not the reverse. It is not money, but the love of money that is the root of all evil.(I Timothy 6:10). in fact, Ecclesiastes 5:10 says that the person who loves money never has enough. Management is what stewardship is all about. It is all God's money and He has given us management responsibility for it. O - Let it bring you OPPORTUNITIES and let OPPORTUNITY bring money to you. It will enable you to embrace those opportunities as they come along and seizing opportunities for success will enable you to accumulate more. In Luke 10, the Good Samaritan could not have been as helpful to the wounded and robbed man if he had not had the money to pay for his care. N - Take care of the NECESSITIES before you start on the frivolities. Though not always seen as a necessity by all, building a business, profession, or income form the future is essential. Build y...

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Today's Proverb for Work and Wealth Proverbs 14:23 - "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." In today's readings of Proverbs, one stands out to be as instructive in the matter of work and wealth. It has to do with the value of hard work and it suggests that there is always profit in hard work. It does not define that profit as always being a commission at the end of the day. in fact, the profit for today may be that step of character development that leads to the next level of skill that leads to eventual income. The harvest, the sale, the royalty, or the commission may be off in the distance, but today's hard work is contributing to that pay off. On the other hand, the fruit of mere talk is clearly defined as poverty - no money, no profit, no advance toward one's goals. Talk is good, but mere talk is fruitless. More than that, it is a thief, robbing us of precious time and draining our energy and enth...

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'Happyness' for sale He's gone from homeless single dad to successful stockbroker. And that's just the start for Chris Gardner Inc. By Jia Lynn Yang , Fortune Magazine reporter September 15 2006: 2:22 PM EDT (Fortune Magazine) -- In 1982, Chris Gardner was just another go-getter in the training program at Dean Witter's San Francisco office, making $1,000 a month. He was also homeless. Gardner couldn't afford both day care for his 20-month-old son, whom he was raising alone, and a place to live. So for a year he and Chris Jr. slept where they could - cheap hotel rooms in West Oakland, a shelter at a church in the Tenderloin, under his office desk, even, on occasion, the bathroom at the Bay Area Rapid Transit MacArthur station. He remembered the words of his mother, Bettye Jean Triplett, another single parent, who grew up during the Depression outside Rayville, La., where slavery was still a living memory: "You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry ain...

Zipper Down on the Highway to WELATH Have you ever discovered that your zipper is down and wondered how long you had been parading around in this condition and why no one informed you? They may have been too embarrassed. The solution is to let you be embarrassed. How do you navigate these sensitive situations? I had an article up here with a severely misspelled title for at least a week. I spelled "wealth" as "welath."no one said anything - or noticed - OR did they? I was embarrassed - but not much. I misspell all the time, but usually not in a title. Should someone have said something or would that have been nit picky? I just finally saw "The Pursuit of Happiness" last night - at least I thought I did. Then I looked and it was spelled HAPPYness - just like a recurring scene from the movie where Chris Gardner is repeatedly annoyed at the misspelling on a wall in his neighborhood. It is funny how little things keep us from f...

Should You Consider Network Marketing? No one system of commerce has received as much enthusiasm on one sign and criticism on the other. I am a big supporter of the concept of network marketing for reasons I state below. However, it is important to factor in some questions when choosing to affiliate with one of the many fine network marketing companies available: 1. Is this a company YOU want to be associated with? Do they have the track record, integrity, management, and stability necessary to meet YOUR needs? 2. What organization and team will you be joining within the company? What is its training system like? Do you like and can you relate to the leaders? Are they supportive and helpful? Can they lead you to success? 3. Is the product needed, compelling, credible, and something you can be passionate about? 4. Are you willing to invest the time, effort, and money in my training and in the promotion of my business that it will take ...

Excerpts on Entrepreneurship A Few Moments in the Limelight Can Boost a Small Business - SmartMoney.com, March 12, 2007 BUSINESS OWNERS EAGER for exposure can only dream of the celebrity attention that Stacey Griffin of New Orleans is getting. Griffin started a new business in December selling eight-ounce boxes of purified water called Aqua2Go. The product, designed for kids and adults alike, is convenient like a juice box (and even comes with a straw) but contains water instead of a sugary-sweet beverage. With limited resources for marketing, "I started sending emails to everyone and anyone I could think of," she says. The Entrepreneur's Challenge In Nigeria - Forbes.com, March 7, 2007 Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has set an ambitious goal: He wants the country to become one of the world's top 20 economies during the next two decades. To hit that target by 2020, Nigeria will need ...

Welcome to a Vital Community Resource Central Valley Christian Network is a great asset to the Christian community in Fresno and the Central Valley and is a fine example of entrepreneurial initiative. I was able to post an announcement for The Entrepreneur's Table meetings of our church on their site with great ease and a link back here. We'd like to welcome anyone coming from that link and congratulate CVCN for a job well done. By the way, when you are near Fresno, drop in on one of our meetings: The Entrepreneur's Table is a educational, support, and encouragement ministry as well as a leads group for believers who wish to apply biblical principles to their businesses and entrepreneurial initiatives. Participants are welcome to bring their own dinner and share together while they eat. We meet in the Fellowship Hall at Baptist Temple, the Fellowship of Joy, 4141 N. Fresno St. between Ashlan and Dakota. It is a small and en...

The Entrepreneurial URGE The entrepreneurial urge is the motivational edge of men and women who love to develop bold initiatives and who change the world little by little. When Steve Jobs approached John Sculley, then C.E.O. at PepsiCo about coming on board at Apple, he posed this question: " Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world? " No doubt, Jobs knew that the question would go to the heart of Sculley's "urge" and elicit the desired response. Do you want to change the world? That is what entrepreneurs do every day. They change it person by person, idea by idea, perception by perception, piece by piece. They do it the way you eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Here is an acronym for URGE. I am making it up as I write it here: U = Urgency. That is what an urge is, an inner sense of urgency that says that something has to be done and it has to be done now and by YOU! R = Resources. The entrepreneur may or...

From Crown Ministries Managing time with a home business by Crown Financial Ministries According to several recent surveys, more women than ever are seeking to leave full-time jobs and return home to become stay-at-home moms or to operate home-based businesses. However, many of these stay-at-home moms who have chosen to start an at-home business have discovered that there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish all that needs to be done. Read More! In fact, some feel as if they are busier than when they worked full time outside the home. 10 tips for managing time Working at home requires a certain level of flexibility and liberty, but daily abandoning scheduled work can lead to an unhealthy business. “The Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body…for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good” (Deuteronomy 30:9-10). The following are 10 tips that will help any stay-at-home mother manag...

Carving Out the Time A minority of the people who have great dreams and the drive to to live them have the time necessary to build what is in their heart. Hearty souls do it anyway. They carve out time in small segments. They build their businesses in the cracks and crevices of their schedules. They get up early and go to bed late. They turn off their televisions. They consolidate trips. They do more than one thing at the same time. They are creative with time and committed to their vision. Do you waste time? Is it possible that some of you who said "no" might not realize that you do? Have you carefully considered how to be more time efficient and still have time for rest and family? Sometimes it is a matter of optimum time. There are rhythms and tides in your day and week that, when fully appreciated and managed, allow you to do the right thing at the right time and get more done. Pay attention to the tides. No one has done anything great just because they had a lot of time...

5 Vital Signs of Healthy Leadership Written by Mike Tucker Vital signs help medical professionals assess the health of patients under their care. Vital signs are a quick and effective way of diagnosing a patient’s health. Assessing leaders in a local church is more difficult. How can church leaders know if they are leading their churches in a healthy way? Spiritual Leadership The Apostle Paul was a healthy leader. In his letter to the church at Philippi we discover five vital signs of healthy leadership. Vital Sign #1: Healthy Leaders Demonstrate Spiritual Vitality Paul was a healthy leader because he was spiritually vibrant and alive. In Philippians 1:21 Paul stated: “For me, living in Christ and dying is gain.” Paul shared the secret to spiritual vitality: We must move from a self-directed life to a God-directed life. Ministry leadership in the church is not about us. It’s not about buildings, budgets, or baptisms – healthy leadership is all about God’s presence in ou...