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What Are You Laughing At? The Playmakers Page 10
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Prime Time Superwoman Sanctuary BOLD Moving “Bling “Tips Making Money While You Sleep The Main Thing
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Red for Every BODY Page 12
Body Bulling in Black & White Page 6
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Prime Time Creating An Atmosphere of Love, Peace and Focus Well it’s December and many of our thoughts have turned to gifts, gatherings and gaiety. This is my favorite time of the year, as it is for many of you, because for some reason people seem more willing to demonstrate selfless love. I believe there are people doing kind acts for others every day, but at this time of the year media makes brownie points for reporting it. The combination of demonstrating love and then seeing reports about it provoke the rest of us to want to do something kind. An atmosphere of love is created where the miraculous can happen because we decide to express God’s hands and heart towards others especially between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Why can’t we have the miraculous, loving kind of atmosphere we see at Christmas, all year round? Perhaps you and I can start today. What is present in this holiday atmosphere that seems to invite miracles? First there is love, but how we define and express love may be based on the condition of our own broken, misused hearts. Let’s use an impartial source – a definition that doesn’t change no matter what happens to us. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. Some aspects of love are patience (staying power, lack of complaint, tolerance), kindness (a generous, warm-hearted nature), not thinking evil of others because of what they have, or talking about yourself in a manner that demeans them. Love doesn’t gleefully wait to catch someone doing wrong and say, “Aha! I caught you!” Love tells the truth. Let’s look at peace. Peace = harmony, tranquility, calm, stillness, quiet. There is a world at war against your peace. Hold your peace! When you consider what peace really is, you understand why we have to struggle to keep it. Identify the things that fight you for your peace every day. You need to find your peace and then HOLD ON TO IT, in spite of what the day brings. Focus = spotlight: Where is the beam of your heart centered? What’s the spotlight for you right now? If your focus is in the wrong place, not only will you lack peace, but you can spend your days never accomplishing what you set out to do. Focus is not as pretty a word as Love and Peace, but without Focus you could miss them both. Merry Christmas. You are loved. Now stay focused!
Michele
Superwoman Sanctuary Candice Payne Is it okay for Married Couples to spend the Holidays at separate homes/events?
This response/comment is not intended for those who work on holidays or other circumstances that may require you to be away from each other during the holidays. Some couples believe it is okay to split for the holidays and spend it with their “respective” families. In my opinion, when you got married, he/she became your “respective family” while the others became your extended family. If you are newlyweds, I wouldn’t recommend it. Holidays are usually spent with families and your new husband/wife is your new family. It’s a great opportunity for them to meet your extended family and for them to spend time getting to know your mate. My question is: Why did you start a family to ditch them for the holidays? Notice when people are interested in marriage they say “I want to get married and start a family.” I believe this becomes an “issue” in many marriages because the couples are trying to implement the traditions/values of their parents/grandparents into their new family. Another issue couples have is feeling obligated to attend family functions. We hate to disappoint our family by not coming to the annually tree decorating and hot chocolate gathering. That’s added pressure on top of the daily stresses of being married and trying to coexist with the opposite sex. The last person you want to disappoint and/or fight with is your spouse. Remember when you leave all the fun with the cousins you have to return home to him/her. Some couples probably fought prior to the holidays and are not speaking so they go their separate ways on holidays. What a great way to show your extended family how immature and divided you are because of a disagreement. We should always strive to show a united front, though it may be easier said than done in some situations. If there are children involved I believe the couple should swallow their pride and offense to not separate themselves from their children or force the children to choose who they would rather spend the holidays with. If your extended family dislikes your spouse or your spouse dislikes them, try bringing them together in an attempt to make peace. I also suggest you don’t attend the family gathering without your spouse if he/she is uncomfortable with it. Your spouse may not be easy to get along with but I believe it will cause more damage to your marriage if he or she feels you siding against them. Each couple has to decide what they are okay with and compromise so both can be satisfied. You may have to visit her side of the family on Thanksgiving and his side on Christmas or vice versa. Either way, I believe the holidays are meant to bring families together and it’s nice for couples to celebrate them together. If you have children, this is a great time to create your own family traditions and memories for them. Whatever you decide be considerate of each other’s feelings. If you can help it, try not to separate during the holidays.
Black and White: Body Bullying At Its Best Style! Sharmeta Martin
Since the leaves started falling and snow started blowing many of us have put up those open toe shoes and reached for the deepest toned statement pieces in our closet. The boot and the classic black is back and yaay to that...but there's another trending classic that we can look for as we end 2013.
Color-block in classic black and white is the new trend to t. I'll be the first to say that I was hesitant to accept the winter white ideology, however, the special details of this classic duo offers versatility in design, a slimming effect on problem areas and highlights for areas that we love. Who could say no to that?
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Instead of the closed (minded) toe boots, let's step into the trend of the bootie, exposing classic colors and a little peek-a-boo. The opentoe shoe has gone edgy and season-less, maybe not forever but for now we can relish in this extension of style.
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Living in Chicago has taught me that anything can happen; winter weather in the spring... spring weather in the summer...and maybe not winter weather at all, so I didn't hesitate to jump on this trend. And then I thought, this is the perfect travel boot especially from Chicago to Atlanta - it makes life a tad bit less complicated.
Style! Let's step out of our shells and stop reaching for those "weather-dropping" staples, turn a new leaf and step into the redefined trend of classic. These wardrobe classics are the perfect pair to bully the body to create a new statement.
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And who knows, if we can bully design maybe we can bully our bodies physically into our desired body shape. A good New Year's resolution -- body bullying at its finest.
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What Are You Laughing At? The Playmakers: Finding Success In A Different Direction
The Playmakers left to right: Kevin Fredericks, Jason Fredericks, Anthony Davis We spoke with three men who have been making big strides in entertainment. You can see them on YouTube doing parodies of everything from the anointing of a bishop to king of the world, to things church girls say. I’m talking about The Playmakers: Anthony Davis, Jason Fredericks and Kevin Fredericks.
SPW: How did the three of you get together? Anthony: I’m a PK (preacher’s kid), came out of the womb a PK. Kevin
came to the church first, (following a girl). He found love at the church and we became friends. Then Jason came. We say it’s been twelve years but whenever we say 12 years we realize it’s more like 15.
SPW: You play people who look like they’ve been around the church a long time; may I ask how old you are? Jason: I’m 33, born in the year of our Lord and Savior. Kevin: I’m 30. Anthony: I was born after the year of our Lord.
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SPW: Do you think God approves of your humor? Kevin: That’s a great question. We’ve been rebuked and sent to hell
for every video since we were kids. Jason, Anthony and I really GREW UP in church. We were in church 4-5 times a week. We were in the back playing church just like we do now, in between regular service, 3:30 service and night service. We are comedians but we never demean God or make fun of the Lord, we take our salvation very seriously. But funny things happen in church and I believe God has a sense of humor. I think laughter is a medicine, that’s in the bible, and church people can take themselves too seriously. Sometimes you need a little bit of levity. We’ve had testimony after testimony of someone saying “I was really down, or someone died, and your videos were the only thing that made me feel better”. Why would God not use that gift [comedy] to uplift His people? Everyone doesn’t have to like it, but just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean the person is going to hell.
Jason: I agree with Kevin. Kevin answered it the way we all would
have. People like to say the things we do in our videos mock God. We’ve never mocked God; we mock people. If somebody says to me, “that’s blasphemy” I think maybe you need to go study blasphemy and figure out what that is, then come and tell me if that’s what we’re doing. Or go talk with your pastor. If you’re that uptight about it, [our comedy] it’s probably not for you. Just like my pastor might not be like your pastor, but it doesn’t mean they aren’t both great pastors. This is our area of gifting and your gifts will make room for you. Our gift has made a lot of room for us. We went from writing stage plays as The Playmakers, to a digital platform and having success there, to where we had a meeting yesterday about television and movies. For the complete interview subscribe to Sepia Prime Woman Magazine here: http://joom.ag/oqwX
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Red For Every Body
Many of us grew up afraid to wear red because it was (a) for bad girls or (b) it would make you look fat. But consider this: What color flatters every skin tone from deep chocolate to pale blond? RED! No matter your shape, there is a red for Every Body Type. And it’s just in time for all your holiday gatherings.
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Style! Curvy Aren’t we all sorta? This dress clings in places it should for a draped effect‌tres feminine!
Wide Top Narrow Bottom: This feminine style adds curves to straight hips and minimizes width at shoulders and bust line.
Wide Bottom Minimize wide hips by color blocking with a dark color and drawing the eye up to the waistline with flair and a thin belt.
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Style! Hourglass Emphasize your curves AND your legs in this embellished red dress.
Athletic Add feminine curves with this style. Detailing gives width to hips and curves to a straight waist.
Thick Waist Squared shoulders and hip hugging styles de-emphasizes a thick waist.
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Style! Slimming The straight lines of this red gives you a long, lean line.
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Making Money While You Sleep Winfred Burns II While focusing on controlling debt is vitally important, in order to build the financial security you desire there must be multiple ways you are making money at all times. Whether you work for a company or own one, establishing multiple ways to create wealth ensures you will get there faster. All businesses go through cycles. As we enter the end of the year, retail businesses are gearing up for their busiest season of the year. Some retailers do up to 30% of their annual sales during the 4th quarter. If you as a business or individual have one flow of income, what do you do during your slow season? Start another income stream. Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself that can help you identify potential income streams: 1. What are my strengths and how can I profit from them? I recently consulted with a gentleman who was thinking about getting a part time job. His issue was he did not have a schedule conducive to working nights and his full time job was not flexible enough to fit anything during the day. I asked him this question and discovered he loved to workout (I knew that already but needed him to self discover). He was a former bodybuilder and missed that lifestyle. From there, we were able to talk through how he could use his passion and strength to fit his schedule AND turn a rather nice profit. 2. What problem can I solve and profit from it? Something as simple or as complex as you can see. What problem do you see that you think no one else sees? Most likely, you see it because you are a part of the solution. Turn your vision into a profit. These two questions will help get you started. You do not always have to start a business from scratch. I know a lot of people who have issues with Multi level marketing companies, but some of the business models are great. Make sure the product is one you can stand behind, but the business model coupled with the lower start up costs make this a viable option. Remember, controlling the flow of income is crucial to realizing your financial goals. Cutting costs is not always the solution which means we must always look for new ways to create wealth for ourselves. While none of the options are easy, none of them are impossible either. Walk in Truth. WBII
The Main Thing
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Terri Wilson Every one of us will face dark times in our lives at one time or another. I’m not talking about the times when we can’t pay the electric bill or something happens at the power company and the whole city is plunged into darkness. I’m talking about a time when it doesn’t matter how hard we look, all we see is darkness and the Sun is brightly shinning. There are many reasons why our world could be thrown into darkness. They may include depression, illness (ours or a loved one’s), insecurity or loneliness. But unlike the lady in the 1973 movie, “Don’t Be Afraid of The Dark”, where the demons decided the woman of the house was going to be their queen, we have a light, a savior, someone we can lean on when things get tough. When those demons made the decision to take her to their world they had steadfast determination. At times, the enemy seems to have that same steadfast determination when it comes to us. It’s like we’re the only one he’s after and as a result our lives are in shambles. We find ourselves withdrawing from our friends and family, which is exactly where the enemy wants us to be so he can condemn us and make us feel like the lowest of the low. These dark times can make us feel we’ve made the wrong decision as to who we’re going to follow. We turn right and we can’t see a way out, we turn left and we can’t see a way out. We might even feel like our enemy has the ability to drive us to the point of no return. As children of the Most High though, we do have a way out. We know we are never alone and we can bank on the fact that God is always there for us. That’s one of those promises we can cling to. If we hold to His unchanging hand, we don’t have to be afraid of the dark He; will lead us out of our darkness into His marvelous light where there is peace and safety and love. So hold on and don’t let go. Terri E. Wilson is a licensed minister, a women's coach at her church, and author.
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