Manns Medium

Reading good news these days, seems so very few and far between but every once in a while you hear about a story that does more pulling on your heart strings than most and makes you wish to share this saga of good will.  This is the feeling behind the article titled “ Target Employee's Act of Kindness Has Shoppers Everywhere Singing His Praises ” posted by Inside Edition on Monday January 18, 2016.  The only thing that made me shake my head was the words used by the manager of this particular Target Store in describing he may not have ever really known. The article details the story of a Ms. Sarah Owen Bigler who witnessed this miracle and her education both about herself, the cashier and most importantly her daughter.  The article reports that; “ A cashier at an Indianapolis Target store is making headlines for the respectful way he handled an elderly customer who was paying with coins and for the profound effect his kindness had on the shoppers who saw it.  In...

Far too often we sell ourselves short and prevent ourselves from ever becoming the kind of Christian that God has always known us to be.  For those who still do not believe that the greatest dangers posed to us is that danger which is brought on by us, this story should give you all the proof that you need in order to see that what you thought was indeed the truth.  We are our worst enemy and only those we allow can break us down.  We often spend so much time blocking our own way and blame others for the obstruction.  Sad really, if you think about it, God gave us the power and authority over our lives, desires and direction but instead of us stepping up to take hold and control of them, we give that power to someone else in order to avoid being blamed or held responsible if they appear to go wrong.  You do not have to look for the larger things to show you just how special God knows that you are, look to the small things, the things you do each and every day w...

It’s unthinking and careless talk like this that makes race relations hard to solve in this country.  People who claim to speak for so many but can’t seem to provide any intelligent conversation to the resolution of one of America’s biggest problems.  If you claim to speak for so many, at least speak in a manner which reflects well upon them instead of making those for whom you speak look like some unintelligent bunch of bullies with guns.  I speak about the so-called National Field Marshal for the New Black Panthers Samir Shabazz.  You can find his highly questionable and  hateful  rhetoric in an article titled “ New Black Panther Field Marshal: Whites ‘Should be Thankful We’re Not Hanging Crackers By Nooses…Yet, Yet, Yet ” by Benny Johnson with contribution from Erica Ritz for The Blaze.  Any credibility that this organization once had is surely dead and buried if this is the best spokesperson that they can come up with.  Any white person s...