November 2014


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Editor-in-chief of Azizah Magazine Tayyibah Taylor Dies


BY UMMID announce of Tayyibah


“We regret to the passing Taylor,


the founder, publisher, and


editor-in-chief of


Azizah Magazine,” wrote Azizah Magazine publishers in a release late night on Thursday, September 4.


Taylor is survived


by five children and several grandchildren.


She has been named one of the


500 Most Influential Muslims in the world by the Middle Eastern think tank, The Studies.


Royal Islamic Strategic Through Azizah Magazine,


Taylor realized her vision of providing a vehicle for the voice of Muslim American women.


The magazine portrays


Muslim women’s perspectives and experiences, and shatters commonly


held stereotypes. “The most notable part of her


life’s work is founding the institution of Azizah Magazine,” according to the Azizah Magazine media release.


“She leaves a publication that behind is a vehicle


not just for


Muslim women’s voices or catalyst for empowerment, but a legacy of pure intentions and faith in Allah that have become the core values of the Azizah Family.”


Native American Heritage Month FROM PAGE 1


and prosecuting individuals who commit


violence against Native


American women. And next month, my Administration will host our sixth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference, part of our ongoing effort to promote meaningful collaboration with tribal leaders as we fight to give all our children the tomorrow they deserve.


leaders,


Today, as community and tribal members


of our Armed


Forces, and drivers of progress and economic growth, American Indians and Alaska Natives are working to carry


forward their proud history,


and my Administration is dedicated to expanding pathways to success for Native Americans. To increase opportunity in Indian Country, we are investing in roads and high-speed Internet and supporting job training and tribal colleges and universities. The Affordable Care Act provides access to quality, affordable health insurance, and it permanently reauthorized the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which provides care to many Native Americans. And because the health of tribal nations depends on the health of tribal lands, my Administration is partnering with Native American leaders to protect these lands in a changing climate.


Every American, including


every Native American, deserves the chance to work hard and get ahead. This month, we recognize the limitless potential of our tribal nations, and we continue our work to build a world where all people are valued and no child ever has to wonder if he or she has a place in our society.


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BARACK OBAMA, President of the


States of


NOW, THEREFORE, I, United


America, by


virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2014 as National Native American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 28, 2014, as Native American Heritage Day.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have


hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America thirty-ninth.


the two hundred and a


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Family, Church and Community Mourn Juanita Johnson's Passing


Portsmouth - Juanita Elizabeth Johnson, 86, of the 400 block of


Board of 30 years serving as secretary and treasurer.


She leaves to cherish her


Taff Drive, passed away on October 15, 2014. She was a member of New First Baptist Church of Taylorsville in Portsmouth, Va. She was a member of the Female Usher


Juanita Johnson Our Faith


“The Divine-Human Miracle” By Rev. Dr. Gregory Headen


product.


The church is divine-human This


means that the heavenly and the


earthly


somehow kissed each other and are partners in an amazing


enter-


people have entered into covenant. This


divine-human


does not always feel comfortable, pleasant, and tranquil.


prise. God and arrangement In fact, it


creates tension. There is a stretch- ing taking place in both directions. God stretching out God’s hand to- ward us, and we reach toward him. God is trying to make us more spiritual, partakers of the divine na- ture (2 Peter 1:4). We humans try to make God in our image but not always in an irreverent way. There is something about our humanness that we like and struggle to give up. God created us with the bodies we live in with all of their needs, passions, and desires. These are gifts from God. There is that part of us that wishes God to leave us alone and stop wooing us upward. There is a sense in which we want to be human apart from the divine,


have


but within our humanity is a built in hunger for communion with the Divine. We cannot escape it no matter how hard we try. So we live our lives with this tension.


The


moment we were born we began to love life and started adapting to our environment.


Millions of us were


fortunate enough to hear the gospel preached about a God that loved us and wanted to save us. This God sent his Son into the world.


He


became the classic divine-human product. He put divinity and hu- manity together in a way that mod- eled for us the divine-human unity. He lived his life on earth with ten- sion. We see this unveiled at Geth- semane as he faces crucifixion. “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will” (Mat- thew 26:39 NKJV). The tension is inevitable whenever the divine and human meet and decide to co- operate with each other. Humanity resists transformation.


It does not


want to give up its sinfulness for the sake of communion with the divine. Divinity does not come to accept humanity as it is, but to lift it and transform it. In this tension, we see a miracle happening – God love us, and we love God back.


memories to her daughter- Gloria Jean Battle, her son- Curtis Johnson (Detra), and a host of grand and great-grand- children, and a host of other relatives and friends.


She was predeceased by her husband- Jasper Johnson, her son- William Jones, her mother- Lydia Clark.


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