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I Am A Student of Life, Faith, and Truth The Journey to Understanding: Lessons from a Lifelong Learner My first attempt at being a student was very poor up through my elementary and high school years, growing up in and around Buffalo, New York. I really couldn’t grasp social studies or any cultural experience apart…
Finally, Thee Event Has Come Back To Buffalo! Since 2011, 5th Fridays @ The Bread has brought numerous people from all over the USA, with attendees from around the WNY region, as well as, Southern Ontario, Western Pennsylvania, Northern Ohio, and beyond. Some of the best artists, musicians and deejays have blessed our stages…
Revival Fire In Pakistan Pakistan Post-Mission Trip Report After 2 months of preparation, I stepped out in faith and accepted the task to travel to Pakistan from May 16 through May 25, 2024. It was such a wonderful time, even under severe risk from oppositional religious and political groups that could attack us. The US…
Operation Encourage A Great Opportunity to Serve I was blessed to be able to return to Asia after 32 years. It will be my first trip to Pakistan in May 2024. My friend Pastor Danish Raja and his team from Restored Passion For God Ministries in Okara, have invited me to serve with them in…
Missions Trip and Teaching Ministry In the 1980s, as a 8th grader, I was always day dreaming about joining the US Navy and traveling the world. When I graduated high school, I did just that. I was blessed with the opportunities, as were my shipmates, to “sail the seven seas” and visit many ports throughout…
A recent Facebook post stirred up a lot of responses. The internet does not disappoint when it comes to opinions. However, this statement, either intentional or misquoted, it was ignorant. “If money is the root of all evil 😈👹why do they ask for it at church?🤔” – LJ De Kinq BTM (Monday June 19, 2023)…
The Evolution of Blog Posts: A Journey Through Digital Expression I was just pondering the idea of the “blog” and thought I’d reflect on this interesting phenomena. I thought, I love the idea of sharing thoughts online, but to some it may seem to be an invasion of privacy. Not me. I generally think it’s…
Last year I started to receive AARP promotions in the mail. Yeah, we are that old now, yet, I don’t feel as old as my grandfather looked at age 50. I feel like I’m still a 90s GenXer. That’s my mentality. It shapes the way I think and feel about church structures, values, and traditions.…
Mass Media and Marketing Today Before motion picture or books that printed color pictures, people had to see a painting or sculpture in-person to get to experience it. For the art aficionados it was costly to travel exclusively, unless the artists traveled with their works. Some reproductions were available but usually fell short of the…
The Shawn P Greene Show Weekly Podcast Recap (Apr 11 – Apr 15, 2022) This week we get into more pop culture events and Taxes, #WordWednesday was about the Sinning, we had special guest Pastor Mark Robshaw, and talk The Holy Week for #FunFactFriday. Overalls are back! CMT Awards and other stuff in the news.…
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