Does the church have a sista's best interest at heart? + Wealth ideas (scroll down)

Two Happy Interracial Couples, (above) would they be welcomed at a typical black church?

I sometimes have to question the motives of the black church. We used to go to one, and many times I found myself feeling horrified at the things the pastor was saying, and the people were agreeing with. For one our pastor repeatedly told us to give till it hurts. That seemed to me an odd thing to say especially coming from a man who wore 1000.00 suits and lives in a mansion. Obviously he was not living this rule. He also drives a Bentley. No, I did not say a Mercedes, which is about 60k. I said a Bentley which starts off at 250,000! I firmly believe that charity starts at home and that is why I just do not believe in giving until it hurts. Why in the world would we give until our households are hurting? So that this man can buy more suits? I believe the lord wants us to be generous, but not a fool. It really began to get on my nerves to hear my pastor actually have the audacity to ask "who can give 1000.00 right now? - stand up"

I always thought "That is just so tacky! " But it was a tacky tactic that seemed to work. Many people desparate for his attention would jump up and give that 1000.00 and then seem to glow, as they were rewarded with one of his rare smiles. I always thought to myself "This just does not feel right!- Calling people out on how much they can or will give! I also remember reading about TD Jakes going into some unfortunate county. (think it was an Alabama county.) He was telling the people (mostly female-headed households) to give until it hurts, and trust the lord. He walked out of that county with hundreds of thousands of dollars and forclosures went through the roof! Many of those single mothers lost their homes! He apparently had some kind of contest to see who could give the most. The women in their quest to please him gave and gave to their own demise. I think we need to step back sometimes and read our bible and then ask for guidance without always turning to a self-ordained man as if he were the single conduit to God. Too many pastors will use God as a convenient excuse to mislead, maltreat, and betray their congregations for their own selfish gain. The biggest issue I take umbrage with is the misleading quote pastors and church officials alike will pull out on lonely, single, and often depressed women. That quote is "Wait on a man until God sends him to you! "

Have you ever waited on a job until God sent you one? or waited to pay your bills until God told you to? Or waited to go to school, eat, sleep. etc.! I believe God helps those who help themself. Life is just too short to wait for anything or anyone! I believe we are given common sense for a reason. We are supposed to exercise it. I think the real reason women are being told to 'wait' is because it serves the church's interest. If these women are lonely, depressed and manless, they are docile, easily led and manipulated. Just like sheep. Ever noticed how when a woman's energy is high and she has good confidence, she can laugh off ignorance and is very difficult to deceive? Yet if she is diffident by nature, or temporarily depressed, she is much more gullible and likely to listen to people who do not have her best interests at heart. This is because she is at a vulnerable point in her life. Lately, it seems to me the churches are feeding off of this pain and vulnerability instead of trying to ameliorate it. And if millions of women are going to church praying for a 'good man', why is the church not sponsoring many more 'singles events'? Why are they not telling women forget about a black man and just focus on a good man? We have been going to black churches a long time. And that is a message I have NEVER heard!!! How come black women are doing 90% of the work in the church but all the leadership positions seem to be held by men, with women acting as appendages to them? Why are some churches telling women they are making brothas look bad, just because they are going for their goals? Why are sistas expected to run around like fools wiping the faces of the deacons and bringing them cool drinks when they are already slaving away at home and on the job 5-6 days a week as it is? But most of all I want to know why no one is telling bw to open their options and go find them themselves someone who will love them regardless of his color? And furthermore, why are they not telling the sorry -behind men;

GROW UP!! Stop this foolishness!! Get an honest job-stop selling drugs -Marry your child's MOTHER!!! BE A MAN!!! Why do they continually let sweet faithful bw sway and pray for one of these peices of men? You need a peice of chocolate-but never a peice of man!

I just don't understand how they can see these beautiful women dying like roses on the vine, and keep deceiving them! I believe God wants us to have life and have it more abundantly. (that's what my bible says) To me abundance = Health, Wealth, and LOVE! I believe they are ALL essential and that in order to have a good life, we cannot skip any of them! As a bw who loves BW. I say if your church is telling you things that cause your instincts to cringe,- take another look. Evaluate what they are really saying, and consider the source and what they have to gain. Do they have YOUR best interests at heart? -Or their own???

Below are some wealth ideas for the Entrepreneurs....

100,000 per year with Newsletter profits!

Want to know about a business that can fairly easily grow into a million dollar enterprise in a few years? Ever dreamed of being a published Author but don't know where to begin. Why not start with newsletter publishing. You can hone your writing skills, make serious money, build up a following of eager customers and friends and keep your message as well as any products/services you offer before your public. You will also gain the advantage of being considered an expert in your field. This qualification can benefit you in countless ways. For instance. If you are an animal lover like my daughter, and you are absolutely crazy about animals-you could do an animal newsletter for all the people who share your love and enthusiasm. You could easily name it something like:

(Purrrr - Fect News for cat lovers!) See how easy it is to come up with good ideas. Once you have your name of your newsletter, Simply make a list of some of the topics animal lovers would be interested in. Then simply start to write. You can hire a printer to print your paper each month. To get publicity, simply send in a sample and news release to all the magazines in your field of interest (to the new products editor). You can obtain thousands of dollars in free publicity this way.

Yes starting a new venture is scary and all the publicity may launch your new business so fast, it may overwhelm you. But just take a deep breath and realize that whatever you lack, someone else has. The SBA is an excellent source of capital, training and senior expertise. They have a group of retired business owners called score. Free of charge, they will guide your biz and offer free help and advice. You are not alone. Simply google them at wwwSBA.com Now I am going to show you how to turn a simple idea into a million dollars in 2 years. Say you take your newsletter idea, and you start to generate publicity, and interest. Sell your subscriptions at a reasonable price say 95.00 Annually. Say you work diligently and get 1000 subscribers in year one. That's over 80.000!! And remember you can sell the advertising space as your paper becomes more popular. And most important, you as the expert can easily make products in correlation with your paper. In this case. say cat beds, pillows, toys, clothes etc. This is the perfect environment for you to make your own products! And as your membership grows -so will your profits! Say you make 2 products for your paper. One sells for 100.00 and one for 50. Now say you sell just 200 of the 100.00 product, and 200 of the 50.00 product over the whole year. That adds over 40.000! to your membership profits is 40.000 extra in your first year with just 2 products!!! And that is not including any paid advertising! People thousands of people get rich in newsletters every year! I remember once wanting very much to subscribe to a stocks newsletter. I would have if the costs had been reasonable. But they wanted 1000.00 bianually for a subscription! Thats 2k per year! I could not bring myself to spend that kind of money on a newsletter. But imagine an enterprising person doing the research and then selling the same info for only 200-500 per year! If her information was good, she could easily be swamped by people trying desparately to get the info who cannot afford the higher one. Folks the only difference in the haves and the have nots are the dos and the do nots! You can have whatever you are willing to work for..... To start, simply decide what interests you. Then name your newsletter. Get a good list of people who share your interest, and start pulling customers. You can use the SDRS (explained below) or offer a free issue to gain customer interest. I would also ask for suggestions as this will tell you exactly what your customers want to know. Most companies do not listen to their customers, and as a result they lose business. Don't make that mistake. You can google newsletter business and see exactly how to make this thing go. This is an excellent business for people who share an interest. And the money can quickly become unbeleivable in the very first year with some hard work. Some topics you can write about are:

1. finding love

2. creating wealth

3. stocks

4. bonds

5. Real Estate

6. Pet lovers

7. Favorite Recipes

Whatever your interests are, someone shares them and would love to make you rich talking about them....

How to become an instant big name Author!! (and make millions!!)

Let me show you how easy it is to plug a million dollar idea. Say you wanted to write a book about women getting the particular man they want. You don't know how to pull the avalanche of publicity that will ensure a best seller as well as make you the millions you've been dreaming of. Suppose you start like this: If it were me and I wanted to pen a relationship book and ensure that it was read, this is how I would proceed....

Let me show you how easily you can turn this into a million dollar idea. If I wanted to write a relationship book that would sell well, I would do it like this (off the top of my head) I would contact the papers, and send them a press release like this:

(Woman wants to know why sweet little dogs are on leashes- but men get to rove the streets free!)

This is the kind of story reporters eat up -because it sells papers! I would then make it very controversial by putting a big, handsome man in a leash and a pretty woman leading him around. I would write the book from the perspective of treating a man like a dog and title the book like this:

"How to train your dog...er...I mean man to be a good little boy."

It would be so controversial, it would get instant publicity. The papers would immediately pick it up and run with it. Want to make it an even bigger/better deal and gain instant fame?

Make the woman and the man different ((RACES!!!))

This would immediately cause an instant stir regardless of whether he was black and she was white or vise-versa. Instantly you would get hate mail and many people would curse your name but millions would be intrigued and I guarantee you, Millions would hang on your every word and line your pockets with money! This is what you call outrageous marketing. If you know how to market,or you have a good imagination, you can make money from thin air! This is the type of thing that could easily take on a life of it's own -so you would have to be prepared, but like I said, you could laugh all the way to the bank. Ever heard of Robert Allen and the challenge? Basically he claimed that he could go into any unemployment line and take 3 people (couples) and teach them wealth building. He claimed that in 90 days they would know how to build wealth through Real Estate and would have 5.000 in their pocket in 3 months and never set foot in an unemployment line again. I read that book several times. It was an excellent book, but the point is that challenge instantly gained him millions in free publicity and launched his career. BTW, 2/3 couples did succeed. The 3rd person could never seem to get it together. But the point is that was brilliant marketing. You would be much better off to have a mediocre product and really good marketing, than you would having a great product with mediocre marketing. If you can think outside the box, or teach yourself how, you can always make millions. Back to that book idea:

I would parlay that publicity into a million dollar fortune by giving talks, doing interviews, Even wearing a necklace in the paper that said (top dog) there are a million ways to make money with a good idea.
Although I would get some male hate-mail, I would laugh all the way to the bank. I just came up with that off the top of my head, yet that could easily become a million dollar idea, with a book/ebook, seminar, short course, full course etc. You get the idea. controversy sells, Its one of the reasons Madonna and Britney are big stars-just know that it can be a double-edge sword. You must learn to think outside the box. When you train your mind to look for opportunities, you will come up with million dollar ideas off the top of your head too. (I have them constantly) and so can you... Google newsletters and get started making your fortune today!

Bills to Riches!!! (make up to 10,000 per month)

One business that never seems to go out of style is billing for small business. This is because most small to mid-sized businesses cannot afford to the full time staff to handle the administrative work involved in billing and invoice. It is far more productive to them for them to have someone work from home and take care of it. This is a low cost business you can start from home, and if you already own a computer, your cost will be nominal.
You can do this in your spare time(while keeping your job for the moment) and when it is too cost-prohibitive to go to work because you are losing money, you can quit. An easy to start, billing service can easily make up to 75.000 per year, with not much work. The key ingredient here is to be organized and efficient. Your potential clients will be small to mid-priced businesses. An easy way to get all the clients you could ever need is to offer the first month free and charge from there. They will jump at the chance, and you will have all the business you can handle. Service oriented businesses seem to take to home billing the best. Go to the library and look up small biz billing so that you will have a more step by step blue print to follow. Or you can pick up a small biz billing book on ebay. This business if basically for someone who loves organization and has a head for numbers.

To start this biz, simply register a name in your county (usually the courthouse) It's a small fee to do this. Open a business checking with the certificate that you will receive from the county courthouse. You can advertise in numerous ways, 1. fliers

2. Ads in the paper, such as this

Business Billing driving you crazy? Let us handle it. Low rates and guaranteed service! Call 857-555-2659 (New York Billing & Associates.

You do not want to use your name because it sounds amateurish. You want to look professional. This is why you should also use good letterhead and envelopes. Do not skimp on these items! You can use low cost machines and printers (provided they are still good) but never use cheap letterhead! I will show you an easy way to get all the customers you could want. 1. Either pass fliers (you can use school kids) to all the businesses in your area. 2. Offer a free first month and and no charge if not satisfied, and/or 3. Go to your public library and ask for the SRDS. This is a very expensive book compiled bimonthly. It will list all the different lists of every type you can imagine. You want to tailor your business to the lists such as businesses that buy book keeping software. Or businesses that buy info on book keeping, record keeping , regulations regarding books etc. With this information, you have your target market right in your hands! You can easily photo copy the lists you are interested in and -hello! CONTACT THESE BUSINESSES-PRONTO! In a few months, you could easily have to turn people away. I was talking with someone the other day. She does this, and told me her business grew so fast, she was overwhelmed! She said she is making over 10,000 per month yet she has no time to spend it. I suggested that she hire more help. I told her that for 2 grand a month, she can hire a good office manager and free up much of her time. Do you know she declined because she did not want to pay the money! Well, you can lead a horse to water...... If you will not part with an extra dime to build your business, I guess you will have to do it all yourself, it's really as simple as that. But anyway, back to the business....

You will need a business line and several file cabinets. You can get these at yard sales/thrift shops or other places dirt cheap.

You will need nice business cards and a web site. Now it does not matter if all it does is list your name and phone number. People expect a business of this sort to have a web site! Just keep it clean and professional looking. No glittering or jumping animations please! Nothing spells amateur faster than that. You can easily take a book keeping course at your local college or you can learn by CD, Book, Video etc. You can do and have anything you want in this life if you will just decide WHAT you want and WHAT you will pay to have it. (time, hard work, studying, learning, etc)

If you are a social butterfly -this won't work for you because you probably will not be able to sit still long enough to make this work. This is def. for the person who perfectly balances their checkbook, and has not had a check bounce in a few years. To everyone this does not fit, stay tuned because I will be featuring small biz ideas every week. Remember that your life cannot change until you do something different! Believe in yourself, people with half your wit, charm, intelligence and credentials have made themselves into big successes and so can you. You can always email me for help and advice at asktaylor1991@yahoo.com (my readers only)

Beauty tip for the ladies;

For hair that will not grow there are several things you can do:

1. lay down with your head over the side of a bed 15 minutes per day. This will cause the blood to rush to your head, and stimulate growth.

2. keep your hair extremely clean. Often bw wash their hair too seldomly and the oils and sebum will cause the follicles to clog and prevent growth.

3. EXERCISE!! This will cause the blood to rush to your head, stimulate growth as well as make you look fantastic, healthy, young, and slim! Exercise will also make your skin glow, your eyes sparkle and release endorphins which make you feel peaceful and euphoric! The benefits of exercise are limitless! For health and beauty, you MUST EXERCISE!!!

4. You would not think this one would work, but I can assure you it does. when you take your hair out of it's style -gently pull each section of it, all over your head. This is a strengthening exercise which stimulates growth. (don't do this to wet hair)

5. A vigorous head message once per day seems to stimulate the follicles to grow hair faster and stronger. This also feels fantastic! If you are short on time, you can incorporate a vigorous message into your shampoo-remember to shampoo at least 1x per week 2x is even better. If you have dry hair, use a moisurizing shampoo and really message as you shampoo. Mayonaise is an excellent conditioner for very dry hair, but it must be shampooed out afterwards-rinsing won't be enough. BTW, when it comes to 'our' hair remember dry hair is BREAKING hair! keep it moisturized.....

These tips absolutely work. My hair is just past my shoulders and I can get it to grow like a ww! And now so can you! Thank y'all for tuning in -see you next post....