I'm tired of this lying, people are dying; You're complaining but know you can't maintain it. It's a shame, you ain't going no where, It's a shame you ain't going no where, It's a shame you ain't going no where! Contemplating, but oh you mistaken, now you know, you're perpetrating a fraud by taken'. Can't stand the rain? Get an unbrella thats new; it gonna cost you, so don't complain. Sho 'nuff going to cost you must be insane. Or are you afraid because they're not like you?

According to definitions researched, to be Shackled means; to be restrain, restrict, limit, constrain, handicap, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, inhibit, check, or curb. Hummm... Are you feeling or actually SHACKLED within your ministry by yourself or others? You may be asking, What you talking about? Who you talking to? Why is this relevant to me? Well let me start with myself. Thirty-some years ago, as a young minister, I was led to believe that I needed or must have pre-

After I had watched the current event of this past week...politics, shootings,...rallies and marches.....press releases...media coverages. My mind searched for a time when the witnessing of a this culture-type mentality was not reproduced so vividly. The culture-type I am meditating over is " right or wrong, if you on my team I will support you" mentality. I grew up hearing the words, " you call a spade a spade!" or 'if it quack like a duck, it's a duck", etc. As a child and