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The comic drama is now shooting in New Jersey. The film marks writer Michael Gilvary and music video helmer Bardawil s feature debuts. Crave Online Media LLC. The comic drama is now shooting in New Jersey. The film marks writer Michael Gilvary and music video helmer Bardawil s feature debuts. Crave Online Media LLC. All we have to do is look at this stage look at this audience. All you have to do is look all around you. We ve made some progress. We re able to come together. We re able to sing together. We re able to fellowship with one another. The bishop stressed that there is still room for growth and improvement. Arnold and the Rev. Other participating religious leaders were Rabbi Eugene H. A half century ago the question of integration divided the city s religious groups. Even many black churchgoers feared the ongoing racial tension would only further marginalize the city s blacks. On Sunday no one questioned whether desegregation was the right thing to do. Mark s Baptist Church was readily apparent. The school choirs were integrated. We are still a racially divided people in our communities of faith. The hard work of reconciliation is yet to be done reconciliation with God and reconciliation with one another. If all we do is use this time to remember then shame on us. Terrence Roberts one of the nine students who desegregated Central High concluded the service with a prayer of reconciliation. He stood holding hands with the current student body presidents of Little Rock s high schools. More than journalists Clinton School students and others attended. They also spoke of their memories of Central High. Is America resegregated asked Ernest Green. In many ways we are and that s why I think all of you are here. She said the discussion about Obama s candidacy and Sen. Hillary Clinton s candidacy shouldn t focus on their race or sex. Why are you still talking about it like that she asked. We re in . We haven t gotten over that. We haven t transcended that. Haven t we grown up yet she asked. Others recalled their experiences at Central. She said she finds those statements very very annoying. Pattillo Beals said the presence of the troops is the reason she is still alive. Eckford said she would not choose to desegregate Central again because the experience made her a more assertive person. As a result she now would not be able to quietly take the harassment she said. But other teachers said that they did not like having a black student in their class they said. Gloria Ray Karlmark recalled a white girl who befriended her. Still Karlmark appreciated the girl s friendliness in the classroom. It meant a lot. I d known it was coming for years known the exact date and time. I planned stalled and fought for as long as I could but it still happened despite my best efforts. I turned this past Wednesday. There s really nothing special about . I don t feel any different than I did the day before when I was . But is such a vastly different age than all my previous ages. Not only did my decade change now there s a zero at the end of it. We had reached a major milestone but we didn t know how to feel. Happy birthday old man. She kissed me on the cheek. We watched a Scrubs rerun and I fell asleep before it was half over. I thought old people didn t need as much sleep. My older friends and family scoffed at my worries. Forty is nothing they would say. Wait until you hit your fifties. On the other hand Oldest Daughter would remind me times a day for three weeks Wow years old. That s four decades. Oh yeah Well you re one decade. Just you wait I d warn. You ll be this age sooner than you think and it ll be your kids making fun of you. But my predictions went unheeded. Thirty years is an eternity to a year old. When I was I was convinced would never arrive. Shows what I know. You re only as old as you feel my friends told me which presents its own problems. In other words doody make me giggle but my knees grate and grind when I climb the stairs. I ve tried reframing how I think of my age. It s the th anniversary of my th birthday. Or better yet the th anniversary of my st birthday. Or I m not I m . But Oldest Daughter s words keep ringing in my ears Wow years old. That s four decades. was a momentous year and it defined The Sixties. They say is the new . But I liked the old better. She has a point though. But if I want to see my fifth decade I should probably start. That s four decades. You think that s hard my friend Dick told me on my birthday morning. Yeah but you ve had years to get used to the idea. This is my first day. But it was my friend Darrin who made me appreciate my new age. You ve reached the age of Wisdom. This is a major milestone among men. You re at the age where you can dispense counsel and give advice he said. I was stunned at the thought I have reached an Age of Importance. Best of all I have the wisdom and experience to know what gravitas means. But some things haven t changed even though I m in a new marketing demographic. I still like listening to loud music. I can still play soccer and Ultimate Frisbee. I still won t wear dark socks with shorts. And most importantly I still think doody is hilarious.