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"Writing the Vision @ The Speed of Life!"

Like the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times to know what the nation ought to do (I Chronicles 12:32); We, too, are Writing the Vision and Making it plain that they may run that read it (Habakkuk 2: 2 -4).  New blog posted 2:00 p.m. Tuesdays.


Forward!

by: Johnny Golden

01/23/2024

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“Lotz of companies don’t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.” That quote is from Larry Page, co-founder of Google.

 

But “how” might you rightfully ask, “how does anyone who is alive miss the future?”  It seems like an oxymoron, If I am alive today – the present – and I live to see tomorrow – the future – “how, then could I have missed it if in fact I am already in it?” But then, you must understand that anything you are in i

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Life After Death

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

09/15/2023

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The lack of estate planning and leaving a will is an all too common occurrence among African Americans. According to a recent Consumer Reports study, more than 70 percent of Black Americans do not have wills. 

That disturbing statistic has not only led to relentless drama and potential discord in afterlife planning, but if there’s any money involved, it could be a recipe for disaster. 

The malaise is so common that even celebrities have fallen prey -  Chadwick Boseman, Princ

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O' Freedom

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

07/02/2023

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There’s an uneasy disquiet in my spirit this Sabbath. On this day in which the Sovereign rested I am fraught with tension and dismay and there is no leisure within or without me. The atmosphere menacingly punctuated and saturated with dread.

Unlike the times afore – for my soul is no stranger to the vicissitudes of languor and lassitude – I see no port of  harbor safe on the shore nigh or horizon distant.

The alluring and seductive sirens of despair and hopelessness beckon f

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Let the Weak Say That I am Strong

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

06/15/2023

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On average, Every day in America 120 persons are killed by guns. Permit that to sink into your psyche for a moment. That, dear friend, means that every year 43,800 souls, alone, are lost to senseless gun violence in America.

And according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) gun violence is the Number One Killer of persons between 18 - 25 years of age (https://bit.ly/3JeWrCB). Yes, greater than illicit drug use, alcohol abuse, vehicular accidents, and other causes of mor

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Calling All Disciples to Make a Difference!

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

06/15/2023

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On average, Every day in America 120 persons are killed by guns. Permit that to sink into your psyche for a moment. That, dear friend, means that every year 43,800 precious souls are lost to senseless gun violence, alone, in America.

And according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) gun violence is the number One killer of persons between 18 - 25 years of age (https://bit.ly/3JeWrCB). Yes, greater than illicit drug use, alcohol abuse, vehicular accidents, and other caus

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From Pain to Purpose

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

05/06/2023

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Cry Loud!

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

05/04/2023

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The sights and sounds of Christmas are far, far behind us and yet the question for me remains, "do you hear what I hear?" The joyous tintinnabulations of sleigh bells ringing, carols singing, and children playing no longer fills the moistened air (wet with our tears, that is). Indeed, it is this very cause that compels me to  write on this National Day of Prayer.

Isaiah, the eagle-eyed  Hebrew prophet of the 8th century bc, shatters the calm with his exclamatory exigence, "

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O' Say Can You See

by: Johnny Golden

02/17/2023

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For some reason unknown to me, other than it was a story from Feb 1983, 40 years ago to the month, The Atlantic Newspaper had an article concerning the late soul singer Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr.'s iconic rendition of the National Anthem sung at the NBA All Star Game held in Los Angeles, CA that year.

There's so much that I could write concerning the hulabaloo of singing of the National Anthem in America - few other countries sing their national anthem at EVERY SINGLE sporting

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Artist Arise

by: Johnny Golden

01/10/2023

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Life, grand, sacred, dear, should not be dictated by the unyielding structure and strictures of science and mathematics alone; but rather, art is what life is and should be about. The freedom to be. Without apology or approval of carnal authority, but like the ever-spawning sea - giving, daring, unpredictable.

Forever the master of her fate, her  immeasurable depths too turbid to plumb, swirling beyond the latitudes and longitudes of her unknown, bottomless trenches.

But, ah

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Starting the Year Off Right

by: Pastor Johnny Golden

01/03/2023

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1. Exercise more.2. Lose weight.3. Get organized.4. Learn a new skill or hobby.5. Live life to the fullest.6. Save more money / spend less money.7. Quit smoking.8. Spend more time with family and friends9. Travel More10. Read More.

There you have it; the Top 10 Most Common New Year's Resolutions. History says that less than half of us will keep the resolution active throughout the entire year. (Thatz the nice way of saying most of us just won't make it happen'. Ooh ouch!)

On

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Tonight, America Kneels

by: Pastor Johnny Golden

01/02/2023

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Tonight, as I and millions of other sports and football afficionados prepared to watch the Buffalo Bills take on the Cincinnati Bengals, there was a heightened sense of euphoria in the collective air.

Led by two extraordinary, gifted quarterbacks with the division championship at stake we were expecting to witness a 'classic'. The "I was there  when Team X won..." bumper stickers were already  inked up - we just needed to know the final score.

But there would be no final sco

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First Fruits Sunday 2023

by: Pastor Johnny Golden

01/02/2023

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With each wintry turn of the calendar, we here at the New Unity Baptist Church celebrate our First Fruits Sunday on the very first Sunday of the New Year. This year (2023) the Celebration also coincided with the First Day of the New Year and the end of the Kwanzaa Festival.

New Unity's First Fruits Celebration highlights and signifies many things in our church's calendar year. First and foremost, it is worship; the single greatest purpose of the church is that the people of

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Vote!

by: Johnny Golden

10/27/2022

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Holy Convocation 2022: Chosen! Royal! Holy! Peculiar!

by: Rev. Johnny Golden

09/01/2022

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Can there be any doubt that we are called to worship the Creator God and to celebrate the inherent divinity within each of us - humanity, the true apple of His eye. Further still, who among us does not honor the value and validation we receive from within our own respective domains?

To be recognized and acknowledged for an outstanding achievement, accommodation or accomplishment. Yes, It is purely natural to want to be lauded and applauded for a task “well done.”

This, dear

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Expanding the Cause of Love

by: Rev. Johnny N. Golden

07/11/2022

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“Love,” transcendent and transformative, just may be  the most over-used, misappropriated word in the entire English lexicon - and yet for many it is not practiced nearly enough.

Few prayers, it seems, now petition heaven for "our daily bread," no, for now we are  incessantly  bombarded with the heart-wrenching news of how the streets of the peerless nation are riddled with protests, uprisings, and violence. In the words of the Transformed Pilgrim of Harlem we now want to k

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