It’s not about the followers, it’s about the readers — So my following average has dropped a bit. In the first couple of weeks, I was getting 100 followers a week, now that number is 100 every couple of weeks or so. Now when it comes to getting paid by Medium, I am most gratefully happy. Unfortunately, I cannot tell…

How to Start a Nice Conversation — Date Conversation Starters 1. What is the one thing you would change about yourself if you had the power to do so? 2. If you were able to change any one thing about me, what would it be? 3. What, more than anything else, makes you feel loved? 4. What is your idea…

Supreme Court decision was religiously dishonorable — A message from sister Brooke Ashley Ward Christians: today is a sad day for the mission of Christianity. In an attempt to legislate morality/Christianity, we have turned even more people away from the church. Do we want people to act in conformity without the transformative power of Jesus? That’s what…

It must have been true irony — I remember as a child I loved the Fourth Of July. Then I learned the truth. Even waking up today, I thought in bed: “Dang, just to think how proud those Americans were when they won that war. Fireworks were going up everywhere. But the slaves were still slaves, and…

1st Amendment allows ALL religions to pray to their gods! — So we all heard about the coach who was allowed to pray to God in the middle of the football field in public — it is his first amendment right. …

1. Appreciate Life Be thankful that you woke up alive each morning. Develop a childlike sense of wonder towards life. Focus on the beauty of every living thing. Make the most of each day. Don’t take anything for granted. Don’t sweat the small stuff. 2. Choose Friends Wisely Surround yourself…

And this is what I told her — Me: This abortion ban is just to create more born-again-Christians (the faith of God followers dropped 13% last year). Religious Woman: Well, suppose your parents aborted you? Me: That would have been fine with me, for I would not know of this Christian plot. …

Responses too long to put in the comment section — America Wants Black People To Forgive Their Past Oppressors I am not a forgiving person in general, and it’s definitely not about forgiving these people from the past that did probably the worst cruelty to man in Earth’s history. But the real question is: “What are Black people going to truly do about this?” The president gives the Asians…

What’s the difference — Who or what is the Universal GAHd? [Universe] It is what you see when you look up into the night sky, it is the millions of stars, and the reason you see everything that is on Earth; it is forever growing. GAHd: Is the breath of life from a child…