In a world exploding in violence, the recent domestic abuse case around the NFL and the Baltimore Raven’s Ray Rice is symptomatic of a much deeper issue than physical violence. There is obviously a lot of pain, anger and resentment spreading and manifesting within the human spirit these days. I never judge a person as much by what they do, as by what they were thinking five minutes before they did it. Or 5 hours, days, months or even years before they did it. Anger is a signal emotion. It signals undealt with or improperly dealt with emotions, commotions and often devotions in one’s life, heart and spirit that linger and metastasize like a hideous cancer-infested tumor. The world of sports, not unlike the world of military warfare, particularly as it relates to men, is often motivated, if not driven by pride, ego and testosterone. The same mental adrenaline triggered in war and by it, is often what operates, particularly in high profile athletes with incredible amounts of money, fame, public adulation and a kind of diva worship by the masses of sports fans out there. In cases where the abused wife or girlfriend relents and consents to staying with her abuser, as is the case with Janay Palmer who went on to marry Ray and insists on both forgiving as well as defending him, if not his actions. We must assume there is something about the relationship still unclear or is imprecise. Statistics show that one out of five American women report being victimized by an intimate partner. And that of the 12,765 murders in 2012, nearly 1,000 of them were a wife or girlfriend. 7 million children live in families where severe partner violence occurred. Almost 500 women are raped or assaulted in the country every day. Carlton Pearson After college at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa Oklahoma he served for 15 years on its Board of Regents, and two years as Associate Evangelist of The Oral Roberts Association, (ORA). In 1977, Pearson founded Higher Dimensions Ministries (now New Dimensions ), in Tulsa, which grew to over 5,000. Bishop Pearson was consecrated to the office of Bishop in 1996 thru a College of Bishops headed by Bishop Charles E Blake, presently the Presiding Bishop of the Churches of God In Christ, the denomination he was raised in and through whom he was ordained in 1971. In 1993, Carlton married the former Gina Marie Gauthier who is a professional Life Coach and Yoga teacher. More recently, he has felt a passion to proclaim the "Gospel Of Inclusion" and has written a widely acclaimed book by that name, published by Simon and Schuster. It confronts the Christian church's exclusivism as being inconsistent, in spirit with the teachings of Jesus. Pearson's frank and often controversial take on a number of different subjects has earned him appearances on television programs such as NBC and MSNBC's Dateline, ABC's Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, The Edge with Paula Zahn and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Monique Show on BET, and a number of other television, radio and print media outlets. Bishop Pearson was recognized as one of America's 10 Most Influential Black Ministers by Gospel Today and Belief.net. He has received several honorary doctoral degrees. Bishop Pearson recently served as the Interim Senior Minister at Christ Universal Temple in Chicago. He and Gina now host New Dimensions of Chicago, building a local multi-cultural and radically Inclusive spiritual community that emphasizes expanded consciousness and Self Actualization. His newest book, God Is Not A Christian, Nor A Jew, Muslim, Hindu...God Dwells With Us, In Us, Around Us, As Us was published by Simon and Schuster and released in the spring of 2010. Visit our Youtube Channel for more video! Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/bishoppearson Website: http://www.bishoppearson.com Join Email List: http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=cqgwpvn6&p;=oi&m;=1011112155650

• published: 17 Sep 2014
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