Rodney's Rambling's

                               Rodney's Story - and God's Favor Recently, I was asked, "How can I demonstrate my belief in God?" My response, I can only tell you what I know. Your journey will be most definitely different. I can also tell you that God does not talk to each of us in the same manner, or even in the same language. We each, you see, have a unique relationship with God. Mine started before birth, as the doctors advised my mother to abort the pregnancy because I would not survive the birth. Even my father agreed and insisted that she should get an abortion. But I had a praying mother and grandfather, they both joined in prayer and told the doctors God would provide. I was indeed born, several months later, again the doctors told my mother I would not survive the first 2 years. Epilepsy, specifically grand mal seizures, would ultimately kill me. Again, my mother and grandfather pra...

Chapter 12: Conclusion – “We hold these truths to be self-evident”  When 56 men formally signed the Declaration of Independence, and 39 signed the United States Constitution, the Matrix of Race was ratified, codified, and enshrined in the very fabric of our Nation. Already, for over 2 hundred years, a genocidal war had been waged against the Native People; their rights to humanity, land, and life itself had been nullified. Slavery had become law, women had been excluded, and economic divisions had become established. These defined the intersectional identities that would be incorporated into every institution, practice, and policy that would come to define the United States. And for 250 years, a continuous struggle has endured as the great masses of people have worked to be included in the edict “that all (people) are created equal, that their Creator endows them with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”.   This s...