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FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000

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CONCERTS Continued from B1 tion is a gold-leaf portrait of Coltrane, grasping a flaming saxophone and a banner proclaiming, as he did to his listeners in the liner notes of “A Love Supreme,” “Let us sing all songs to God. Let us pursue him in the righteous path. Yes, it is true; Seek and ye shall find.”’ Before the music starts. Sister Deborah extolls: "We do need one another, and we need the Lord.” A congregant adds: “We need John Coltrane music, too.” David Ellis, a goateed visitor from New York, stumbled across the church’s Web site one day. It is also listed in nearly every San Francisco guide book. “I thought it seemed like an interesting place to go ” Ellis said. “I wasn’t expecting too much, to be honest. But the music is amazing. And there’s so much spirit here.” That’s the idea. Bishop King said: “For many, the music is the path toward enlightenment.” It’s not a gimmick to get people to listen to his sermons. “I don’t think it’s an after- . thought. I think it’s pan of the process,” he said. “We feel that the music has its job, and it is working in concert with everything else. We believe the spirit of the Lord is in the music.” The son of preachers, King got the idea forthe church in the 1960s, when he received his “sound bap tism” at a Coltrane performance. “I became aware that John Coltrane’s music was more than highly emotional,” he said. “It was highly spiritual.” Visitors often find a spark of revelation to take home, wherever home may be. At a recent service, they came from as far as Denmark and Australia. “I don’t know what’s in people’s minds, if they think they’re going to a church or a cult or something. But I do know that there are people that, once here, have a profound experience and have accepted the Lord into their lives,” King said. “I talk to people who go back to their churches strengthened and encouraged in the Lord.” King hopes to move his church within six months. The nice thing about the new property, he said, is the room for expansion so that the church can continue a wide variety of community outreach programs, including a vegetarian soup kitchen for the poor. In/fne meantime, the church is holding fund raisers, and King remains characteristically upbeat about the forced move. “It’s a mess, what can I say?” he said. “But I have faith it will al work out.”

Don’t be a fool again

Imagine the shock. One week before her wedding Kim discovered that her charming fiance was already married. Imagine the pain. Deontae left the office and came home at noon to surprise his wife with a tasty lunch. He was the surprised one. He found her wrapped in the arms of the repairman. Kim and Deontae are fools. They were played like a set of drums. They are in recovery, and declare that they will never be fools again. The reality is that both of them attend church, tithe and love the Lord. Foolishness is not a respecter of person. Thanks to the trauma inflicted in the name of love there are whole communities of people who are hurting fools for love. These are the angry, bitter, jilted, deceived, betrayed, abandoned, dropped, dismissed and dissed. If this describes you, don’t get mad, get some healing in the name of Jesus. I don’t blame you for being wary of relationships, but there is a way out. It is Jesus. I believe that the Lord wants you to be in a relationship that is worthwhile and rewarding. The difficult part is finding someone trust worthy. Even more difficult is trusting yourself. Love makes us vulnerable. Our guards are down, and our

SOLUTIONS Continued from B1 / / ■ J less than 20 percent pf the people registered for the conference are local. Hookfin stressed that the event will develop.positive and workable solutions for those "with a sincere desire.to be reconciled by God.” ' ' “The main goal is to basically give hope that multi-racial unity is, achievable” she said. Anyone interested in attending the conference needs only to mention this article and will receive and early hud wgistraUon discount that reduces the fee to $63. Evening plenary sessions tne free to the public and the general hope is that every individual will be inspired to “aggressively seek solutions within their home churches” thus bringing the longstanding problem of racial hatred to an end. For further information or questions contact Bohhi Hookfin at (317)549-0086.

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suspicions are sent on vacation. We open up and trust with all abandon. Then bam, we are taken unaware. We all have been fools for love. Don’t be embarrassed let’s talk about it. We believers are not immune to this trap. Perhaps we stumble into it more than others do. Surely all of us have made the unwise move that left us used and tossed away. Let’s define the fool. She or he is one who makes mistakes in relationships due to ignorance or choice. A fool is taken advantage of. They are used and abused. A fool in love appears clownish in the relationship to all but himself or herself. AIJ of us have to traverse up what the old folks called “Fool’s Hill” once in life. Pity those who make the trek on

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The point of this column is not to be a fool again. I am starting from the supposition that we all have been and now we are all ready to stop it. Let’s examine two types of fools, and learn from their mistakes.

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who does not have Any idea what •is going on. They'are clueless to the tricks and traps that await them. They j»re unprepared and unsuspecting. Truthfully, they should qot even be in the dating

world. Randall is new to the metroplex. He moved here last week from Cabbage Comer, Texas. This 30-year-old man has led a sheltered and protected life. He is totally inexperienced in relationships, tie has high hopes for life in Dallas and eagerly meets women that linger outside his office building on Harry Hines Boulevard. “The women here are so friendly and kind to me,” Randall said. ’This big city j/'not as bad as I was told back nome. I think one of the ladies I met really likes me,” he continued. “She’s asked me to meet her later after work. This could be the start of a great relationship!” The ignorant one The ignorant fool knows better but refuses to learn. Such a fool is often locked into unproductive relationships, and refuses to stop the madness. Ruby is a successful sister.

// Her job is prime. Her car is top dollar and her home is huge. However she is a fool for love in that she will not learn from her mistakes. She is fixated on a certain type of man. If he is specified weight, height and tniild, this sister is hooked immediately. “I can’t help myself,” she said. “They just make me weak. I’ll give a man everything and anything he wants. I can afford it. If I am doing well, my man should be too. What’s wrong with giving him clothes, jewelry, vacations and even a car? Money is not an issue? All I want to know is why don’t they stay around?” If you or someone you know is struggling with any of the above foolish situations remember that the Lord does not want you living like this. Next we’ll will discuss one more type of fool for love and biblical guidance on how you can avoid being a fool again. Dr. Sheron C. Patterson is pastor of Jubilee United Methodist Church in Duncanville, Texas, the author of The Love Clinic: There Is a Doctor in the House, and co-host of the Sunday morning gospel talk/music show “Inspirations Across Dallas/Fort Worth" on KRNB 105.7.

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