Sheila will appear at the Indianapolis Black Expo in the Meijer Authors Pavilion
for book signings and panel discussions
Indianpolis, IN
July 18-20, 2008
www.mobetterpublishing.com
Hank Stewart's
7th Annual White Linen
Literary Cafe
July 26, 2008
11:30 am - 3:30 pm
Atlanta Downtown Hilton Courtyard
Atlanta, GA
For Complete details on the Weekend Events
www.hankstewartwhitelinen.homestead.com
Mentoring with a Purpose Perhaps one of the greatest mentoring stories can be found in the Bible in the book of Ruth. This chronicles the story of Naomi, a wise woman, who provided guidance to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, after the deaths of their husbands that led them to fulfill their purpose. Naomi's plan was to send her daughter-in-law back to her family, leave Moab and return to her home country of Bethlehem in her old age. God had another plan. While attempting to depart, Ruth clung with persistence and pleaded to go with Naomi. Naomi agreed after witnessing her faithfulness and they proceeded on the journey together.
When in Bethlehem, Ruth continued her dedication to Naomi by insisting she work in the barley fields to support them. Eventually, under Naomi's mentorship, Ruth found favor in the sight of Boaz, a man of great wealth, who recognized her love and commitment to Naomi calling her a virtuous woman. He took her as his wife and through the birth of her son Jesse; she became the great grandmother of King David. Ruth and Naomi fulfilled God's purpose. Their relationship was the prelude to Ruth becoming one of the great women of the Bible.
Giving consideration to becoming a mentor can often be a challenging decision, particularly because people believe mentoring requires us to give up something we value most, time. In reality, mentoring can be rewarding and less time then we imagine. In our daily lives as leaders, teachers, entrepreneurs, career professionals and ministry, we become role models that people look to for advice and direction. Providing the same energy and focus to one person or a group of people to obtain a positive goal is essentially the basic quality for mentoring. Often without realizing in your interactions with people, you routinely listen, offer advice, guidance, and provide basic solutions to motivate others. If this sounds slightly familiar, it's probably because it sounds like you. Add a little time and you are a prime candidate to become a mentor. As a voice of invaluable assistance, you are utilizing simple communication skills.
Being involved in mentoring programs ranging from education to entrepreneurial programs for several years, I have experienced first hand the reward in lending your time and expertise to a worthwhile endeavor. Whether a day, week, month or year, please consider becoming involved in mentor programs at church, work, school or your community. You may be fulfilling your purpose.
Sheila L. Agnew
DC Curry Restaurant Opening in ATL
My good friend, Don "DC" Curry, actor, comedian and entrepreneur opened his restaurant, STAR in Atlanta.
It's a great combination of cajun food, jazz and blues in a quaint, adult atomosphere. You can see and hear DC singing Blues and Soul at the restaurant when he is not on tour. For great food and a lot of fun, visit STAR at 177 Peters Street, SW in ATL, 404-522-6139.
Finding Your Authentic Voice
I recently attended an inspiring free conference conducted by Norma T. Hollis an accomplished speaker, entrepreneur and author who says that Authenticity is the key to greater communication effectiveness and fulfilling your life's purpose. Her unique training sessions prepare you for public speaking by encouraging you to listen to your inner voice, outer voice and expressive voice to think, do and communicate. If you are a public speaker, worship leader or simply want to improve your communication skills, check Norma out at www.NormaHollisSpeaks.com
WARM WISHES TO ALL,
Sheila Agnew
Author, Speaker, Event and Project Management Mo Better Publishing
www.mobetterpublishing.com
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
obama empowerment
Dear shelomith,
A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.
Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges -- including bringing our troops home from Iraq, fixing our economy, and solving the climate crisis. Barack Obama is clearly the candidate best able to solve these problems and bring change to America.
This moment and this election are too important to let pass without taking action.
That's why I am asking you to join me in showing your support by making a contribution to this campaign today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/gore
Over the past 18 months, Barack Obama has united a movement. He knows change does not come from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Capitol Hill. It begins when people stand up and take action.
With the help of millions of supporters like you, Barack Obama will bring the change we so desperately need in order to solve our country's most pressing problems.
If you've already contributed to this campaign, I ask that you consider making another contribution right now. If you haven't, please take the next step and own a piece of this campaign today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/gore
On the issues that matter most, Barack Obama is clearly the right choice to lead our nation.
We have a lot of work to do in the next few months to elect Barack Obama president, and it begins by making a contribution to this campaign today.
Thank you for joining me,
Al Gore
LIVE TONIGHT -- 8:30 p.m. EDT: Watch streaming video of Al Gore and Barack Obama at a rally in Detroit, Michigan:
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A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.
Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges -- including bringing our troops home from Iraq, fixing our economy, and solving the climate crisis. Barack Obama is clearly the candidate best able to solve these problems and bring change to America.
This moment and this election are too important to let pass without taking action.
That's why I am asking you to join me in showing your support by making a contribution to this campaign today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/gore
Over the past 18 months, Barack Obama has united a movement. He knows change does not come from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Capitol Hill. It begins when people stand up and take action.
With the help of millions of supporters like you, Barack Obama will bring the change we so desperately need in order to solve our country's most pressing problems.
If you've already contributed to this campaign, I ask that you consider making another contribution right now. If you haven't, please take the next step and own a piece of this campaign today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/gore
On the issues that matter most, Barack Obama is clearly the right choice to lead our nation.
We have a lot of work to do in the next few months to elect Barack Obama president, and it begins by making a contribution to this campaign today.
Thank you for joining me,
Al Gore
LIVE TONIGHT -- 8:30 p.m. EDT: Watch streaming video of Al Gore and Barack Obama at a rally in Detroit, Michigan:
http://www.BarackObama.com
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Those born 1930-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO.
IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who, while they were pregnant;
Took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As infants &children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or D VD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this
.For the rest of us...pass this on.
IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who, while they were pregnant;
Took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As infants &children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or D VD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this
.For the rest of us...pass this on.
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