Conference Calling
Transform Your Storms
What are you focusing your mental and physical energy on? Do you are focus on negative circumstances or are you held captive by thoughts that life is only providing storms and there is little for you to be thankful for? Whatever the issue, join the Cider Enterprises Book Club Conference Call with featured guest V. Lynn Whitfield, author of “The Party’s Not Over until God Says So.” The Storm Transformer will share stories of her courageous journey through life altering storms to a place of victorious transformation. To learn how to transform your storms, purchase a copy of the book and call (218) 339-9469, access code: 20112# on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 at 7 pm CST and listen in or ask questions.
Press Forward & Shift to a Higher Level with Featured Author Jo Anne Meekins
Author Jo Anne Meekins and her “Living a Vocal, Valued and Victorious Life” three book series on healing and ‘upgrading’ brought so much excitement and interest to the January Cider Enterprises Book Club Conference Call that we only got to ‘skim’ the surface. We were so engaged that we actually only discussed Volume 1, “How To Uncover, Heal & Release Painful Life Experiences.” Thank you Jo Anne! I had to put Jo Anne on the spot, even before the call ended, and request her return for February because there was too much to discuss in just one call.
In this second interview, Jo Anne will share more about her mission to Empower Women to speak their truth out loud, value themselves, and BE victorious over unfavorable circumstances and situations.” This series is a must have for reference and referral.
- Vol. 1: How To Uncover, Heal & Release Painful Life Experiences
- Vol. 2: How to Press Forward & Shift to a Higher Level
- Vol. 3: How To Know God Better & Love Yourself More
Cider Enterprises Book Club 2015 begins with Author Jo Anne Meekins
Cider Enterprises Book Club Conference Call continues its “Third Season” of live interviews with more of the “most talented” authors and the theme, “2015: FAITH FILLED PROMISES MANIFESTED.” On Thursday, January 22, 2015, at 7PM (CST), Min. Jo Anne Meekins is the featured “over-comer” author this month.
In this interview, Jo Anne will share about her mission to Empower Women to speak their truth out loud, value themselves, and BE victorious over unfavorable circumstances and situations,” as illustrated in her prescriptive book series, “Living a Vocal, Valued and Victorious Life.” This series is a must have for reference and referrals to ‘medicine free’ ways to help us live a better life. They provide some very impactful directives for starting off 2015.
- Vol. 1: How To Uncover, Heal & Release Painful Life Experiences
- Vol. 2: How to Press Forward & Shift to a Higher Level
- Vol. 3: How To Know God Better & Love Yourself More
The books are available at a 15% discount for limited time with code – LT9ZZGZQ in this eStore only.
Also, both the paperbacks and eBooks are available here on amazon.
FREE YOUR MIND AND THE BEST WILL FOLLOW – PT 2 CONFERENCE CALL – BOOK CLUB
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LaShun Pace’s powerful song “He Keeps On Doing Great Things For Me“, describes my life as His beloved child. In the last Cider Enterprises blog I talked about the merits of our featured author and book for Cider Enterprises Book-Club Conference Call – to be held today, Thursday, January 31, 2013 from 7PM until 8:30 PM CST. Our free Teleconferencing Line is 218-548-7274, Access Code 2012211#. Our “Overcomer” this time is – Myrtle D. Russell. She will personally join us and accentuate her powerful messages in the book. We look forward to hearing her own words about her life and her works.
Myrtle D. Russell, author of FREE YOUR MIND AND THE BEST WILL FOLLOW “A Step-by-Step Guide to Living Your Dreams” has provided an instructive and practical tool for transforming your life. I like to keep things in an orderly way 
in my life and as I was evaluating goals for 2013, Myrtle’s book was gifted to me (Thanks!) It perfectly complimented the studies I had been pursuing on how to use the tools I have been learning to live a better life. My daily prayer group, The Love Journey, Inc., facilitated by Janine A. Ingram, has been helping me to better understand my own worthiness and deserve-ability, to define it and meditate on affirmations that express in spoken words. My pastor, Bishop Carlton Pearson, has also been giving a similar message on a global level – we are worthy and deserve all the goodness; and along comes Myrtle with an easy guide for those who may not even have a spiritual grounding. The world is thirsting for tools and communities of people who offer life changing ways to peaceful and fulfilled living.
Myrtle begins the book describing what she means by the term “traveling wounded’. She says “Many of us are living with unresolved childhood issues that prevent us from fully expressing who we really are and keep us from living the lives we deserve to live”. She asks the important questions, “What’s holding you back? What keeps you from living your dreams? Have you stopped dreaming? Her answer is conclusive – “Whatever your issues are, you can bet that your thinking played a major role in the outcome”. She helps us to change old patterns of thought by starting with the commitment to make a change. There must be committed time to solving our problems that has no allowance for ‘turning back’. It also contains a “willingness to trust the process and not sabotage our progress”. Just an hour a day can lead to consistency and focus. Writing your goals down is ‘key’ in actualizing the mental commitment. All my spiritual guides value the importance of getting it in writing. It cements’ the agreement. In FREE YOUR MIND AND THE BEST WILL FOLLOW Myrtle provides a sample contract to allow for your own areas of change. Journaling becomes the record of your commitment and it gives all the needed room for expressing emotions and thoughts.
Myrtle D. Russell’s “…Step-by-Step Guide to Living Your Dreams” offers that “Pain is inevitable…but suffering is self-inflicted and can be avoided when you free your mind and align with the divine spirit…” Forgiveness is a monumental tool to freedom. Self-love is described as “an inside job which means first you have to be happy, and then you share your happiness with others”. Nothing outside will fill the ‘empty space’ within. “Show yourself Some Love” is more than a chapter title in the book and using the ‘butterfly’ activities inside will help you to do it. Many more invaluable tools are in FREE YOUR MIND AND THE BEST WILL FOLLOW “A Step-by-Step Guide to Living Your Dreams”.
Make enough time to purchase or download your copy today, Thursday, January 31, 2013. Join us from 7PM until 8:30 PM CST. Our free Teleconferencing Line is 218-548-7274, Access Code 2012211#. Have your personal questions and comments ready for Myrtle on our greatly anticipated Cider Enterprises Book-Club Conference Call. Visit MyrtleRussell@Facebook.com page to find out more of her accomplishments. Contact me at 312-437-1411 or email ciderenterprises@yahoo.com and simply say “Yes, I’ll be Listening”.
Peace and Love
Claudette Redic
Qualities of Heroes
The 3rd Book Club Conference Call is set for Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 7 PM. We are discussing Bishop Carlton Pearson’s book God is not a Christian, nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu… The Call In Number is 1-218-548-9465 and the Pass code is 201211#. See the Book Club Questions 3-15-12 here.
I must say that I have had an insightful and fascinating journey thus far, exploring and discussing with people who love. Bishop’s premise is that “This book is not necessarily about believing in God, just a discussion of what you believe about God and why you believe it.” The Book Club Conference Call has allowed us to delve into our various, yet important, responses.
In my last post I shared with you what I believe and in so doing, I let you know that my spiritual identity is that of a OverComer! I believe in the great stories of others who have traversed tremendous odds and achieved significance for themselves, but more importantly, for the good of many. Recognizing that I am a signal and as my energy is expressed through me and as me, I send out the good news that – what we seek is seeking us, and dreams can be achieved.
Why do I believe this, you ask, and my answers are because I have an inner-knowing ‘proof’ and in story after story there is ‘proof’ that a most High God favors even the least of us. I have historical ‘proof’ in Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Gandhi, Fannie Lou Hamer, and living ‘proof’ in my own mother, Doris Redic. I am living right now in engaged connection with individuals who are each, to me, a living hero – expressing the universal Christ Principle of giving and doing so in Love. Let me share my lights of hope with you.
Donna V. Werner, The Werner Business Group, www.wernerbusinessgroup.com is inspiring, always energetic and a storehouse of resources to help people. She teaches health and financial wealth and has a check-list for both to help you make informed assessments. She has volunteer time for Seniors, girls on the street, and so much more. Donna’s fervent prayers are heard.
Janine Ingram, a praying woman, AUTHOR, INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER, VISIONARY AND LIFE COACH AUTHOR OF “BORN TO BE RICH” INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR, www.borntoberich.org and www.janineaingram.com. Janine inspires people to take their actions and talents to God each day in a 6 AM Prayer Conference Call – The Source, with individuals from across the globe. The number for this powerful time of prayer is 1-712-432-0900 and the Pass Code is 772719#. Janine is also a community activist and business woman who offers tangible solutions for the improvement of our family and financial quality of life.
Syron Smith, Founder, National Block Club University – (NBCU), www.nationalblockclubuniversity.com, provides a systemic way to create todays’ village, block-by-block. NBCU’s blue-print uplifts communities with plans for each person to have safe places to meet with learning centers for all. The “Daily Living Habits” promotes our togetherness and helps to build real global connections for our communities. The NBCU Conference Call connects a selected zip code, a career focus club, a suburb and an African country. They share concerns in one call at 7 PM – Monday through Friday. The call in number is 1-570-633-0091 and the pass code is 864123#.
JOY Sigur Ramza, contact her at neighborshipofjoy@yahoo.com, is as the name states, JOY! An artist, musician, creator of “Speak Life – Be Supreme” a divinely created, decorative ‘little sack’ of meditations to provide the words needed to speak life to yourself and others. Always organizing and proactive in her community, Joy has data-base development skills and visual enhancement talents that are par non. Joy uses those gifts to help community organzations.
Phillip Jackson– Founder, The Black Star Project, www.blackstarproject.org lives, breathes and takes action in his belief that “Those who control the education of the children, controls the future of that race.” He directs his primary focus to African-American men and boys, but Phillip certainly adds great contributions to women, girls and the larger community. He promotes education as the key to change for us and takes leadership in providing services and information to both large and small entities within the city and nationally. He expands awareness of today’s social injustices and offers examples of what can be done about them.
Naomi Davis, Esq. Founder of BIG, Blacks in Green, naomidavis@20thward.org , is running for 20th Ward Committeeman in Chicago. Naomi is also an environmental activist and promotes economic development for communities of color. Her political campaign is convincing, and after working briefly with her, I believe that even in this unpaid position she will continue to be responsible and dependable. She will take care of voter registration turnout, forums and other diverse political participation for the good of all. Naomi restores belief in elected officials with integrity.
Dororthy “Mama Sunshine” Lyles can be contacted at cosmicdiva1us. Mama Sunshine, a vocal and storytelling artist in her own right, has a special ability to summon the music and the musicians together in the universe who give us gifts that take us to a higher consciousness. Her arrangements of talents are designed to invoke our ancestral and eternal energy – one with another. Indeed, she knows that music carries our heavy emotional loads and her presentations give us release and renewal.
These people, and the issues they have addressed over time, are examples of good. They are my personal reasons for why I believe we can each be a OverComer. Visit their links and read more of their personal stories and learn about the true qualities of heroes. They are living expressions of the sharing, caring nature of the Christ Principle. Each of them seem to know that the Potter continues to put OverComers back together after each set-back and against the greatest odds.
Peace and Love,
Claudette Redic
Psst!!! —- I do not know any of my heroes religions, just their spirits.
Overcomers
Deep in my heart, I do believe, We Shall Over Come someday….Charles Tindley
One of the first comments I received about the Conference Call Book Club selection of Bishop Carlton Pearson’s book, God is Not a Christian, Nor a Muslim… was that I had created a fire-storm. I had alienated some friends, and perhaps, consigned myself to a particular point of view that would permanently define the kind of audience I would have. The comments seemed fair enough to consider and give a response to. After all, the focus of the book is to discuss what you believe and why you believe it.
I identify in my spirit with people and stories that tell of how extreme circumstances underscore subsequent high levels of success. My earliest memories are of overcoming the “no” response to my requests. As I grew older I considered myself “resourceful” in finding ways to do what I wanted to do and what others said I could not do. As more time passed, “defiant”, “hard-headed” and “opinionated” became platitudes of others about me. I have from a very early age on, had my own mind, feelings and beliefs about my life.
I know in my heart when sincerity is expressed and when it is not genuine. My natural antennae give no regard to who says it, whether a trusted family member or an outsider, it knows if what is said is authentic. Time and development of my inner voice has helped me to discern the word of God, from wherever and whomever it comes. This inner voice also directs who and what I listen to. I choose people and stories that address good for myself, my family and my community. Recognizing that there is the mental, physical and spiritual me, I work to strengthen each of my aspects to better serve the good. What better way to connect and engage in discussion of books that focus on “OverComers” than a Conference Call Book Club? I know many busy people and this should be an easy, fun and informative way to do it.
Discussion of God is Not a Christian, Nor a Muslim… is meant to address our spiritual make-up. What make-up do you use, if any, and why wear it that way is an analogy which hopefully will inspire you to join into the Conference Call Book Club. Bishop’s story describes his overcoming immense obstacles, both personally and professionally and how he is still standing in the abundance of God despite the journey’s cost and with his evolving authentic self.
Further confirmation that overcoming is struggle is described by Vincent Harding, author of Hope and History and There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America. Dr. Harding says that for the money question, the compassion question, the racial question, now the religious question—all of these are things that we have to take hold of. We should not see them primarily as more burdens, but, “Lord, what a gift you are giving us to try to make a nation out of this stuff. Wow.” It seems to me that’s the spirit we need to bring. And many ask, How do you struggle when folks are constantly pushing back? I can only say, How else do you struggle? That’s what makes struggle—not constant victories, but getting up after you have been knocked down, again and again. That is what makes for your faith in the fact that you are a follower of the One who took up the cause. (This article is adapted from a fall 2011 interview with Dr. Harding by Sojourners editor-in-chief Jim Wallis in Washington, D.C.)
When Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, was in her senior year at Spellman College, back in 1960, she wrote this in her diary: “Now, as never before, is the chance offered to do something. This is a history-making epoch, where we, me, the young, can be major characters. Now is the time to act, to work, to sacrifice. Life is so pressing. Time is so strained. I’m very frantic in my quest to use it, not to waste it. Now is the time. Each moment must be made to count.” She was 21 years old then. She’s 72 now, still working at the tasks. (This article is adapted from The Black Star Project Journal.) This is indeed the time to overcome what may stand in the way of progress.
As I receive suggestions and comments I expect to get ideas for other featured authors. The next book will focus on a OverComer who has had physical challenges and I will conclude the Conference Call Book Club with the review of a book that will give us insight of someone overcoming mental challenges.
I invite you to join tonight’s Book Club Conference Call to delve into our various, yet important, responses. Get on the call with me and bring your insight and enlightenment.
Time: Thursday evenings from 7 – 8 PM Central Standard Time
Dates: 2/23, 3/1, and Finale 3/15 “At a Place to Be Announced”.
Call In Number: 1-218-548-9465
Pass code: 201211#
Now that you know what I believe, look for the next post in which I talk about why I believe what I believe.
Peace and Love,
Claudette Redic
Hello World – Join in Discussing God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew..Bishop Carlton Pearson
following is a post I sent out on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2012, to over sixty people. I love books and had been talking about a Book Club for some time. The question was always, when can we get together to discuss any book. I thought about the great benefits of Conference Calling and decided to try it in this experience.
2012 shall be my year of “new and different” ventures with this massive explosion of technology to connect one with another. Bear with my learning and let’s stay connected.
Happy Valentine’s Day, My Love!
Yes, US, my Love. We are the ones who give care to the sick, a steady hand to the frail, a hug to the hurting, a smile to the unsure, WE are love. What is so amazing to me first off, is that I AM included in these expressions. Secondly, that each one of us is so unique in our being.
I know many people and perhaps nearly as many views on what Love is. Wondering if religion makes the difference, I often ask people “What religion are you? Of course a variety of answers unfold. This year 2012, a year of “Divine Order”, has me wanting to connect more certainly and directly with others who are love. I believe that those who are love operate from a place within themselves that is beyond the tactile sensory responses to life before them. These are the people who make life worth living and it is because they give.
Bishop Carlton Pearson has a book
God is not a Christian, nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu… thatI want to explore and discuss with people who love. Bishop’s premise is that “This book is not necessarily about believing in God, just a discussion of what you believe about God and why you believe it.” I would like to host a Book Club Conference Call to delve into our various, yet important, responses. Join me with your insight and enlightenment.
Time: Thursday evenings from 7 – 8 PM Central Standard Time
Dates: 2/23, 3/1, 3/ 8 and Finale 3/15 “At a Place to Be Announced”.
Call In Number: 1-218-548-9465
Pass code: 201211#
Call focus: 272 pages in book, equals 68 pages per call or contact. I will provide weekly comments and, of course, opportunity for yours as well during the call. Questions can be directed before or after our conference calls to ciderenterprises@yahoo.com.
Peace and Love, My Valentine!
Claudette Redic
Please use this link to purchase your book: http://bishoppearson.org/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=201&zenid=433740b0d127cf9bc51d7b4ef39f836f
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