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View ArticleCourageous Relationships (link to video)
www.saintpaulsumc.org/sermon/new-places-for-new-people-courageous-relationships/ Click on the above link to view a sermon by Rev. Dr. Kandace Brooks in which she challenges her congregation to step out...
View ArticlePower
Wrong meets right. The fight is strong. Laugh, they will. Cry out, they must. Shout, at the top of their lungs— Justice must prevail. So many innocent lives Have been crushed by the fist Of the...
View ArticleA Reflection on Juneteenth
Crimes unimaginable Sins unfathomable Wrongs not righted With an apology, A soft word, Or the stroke of a pen. Pain to the deepest parts Of the heart and soul, The very fiber of one’s being, A wound...
View ArticleChanging Gears
Sometimes there are reasons For ways I think and feel, And sometimes it just hits me From out of nowhere. I can’t plan a day ahead Without being surprised By something that happens That changes my...
View ArticleFreedom
When I see your face I think of those Whom I grew up around, Messing with me Whenever possible, Invading my privacy, Taking away my freedom. But my freedom Was intact. It was my race That took away...
View ArticleCommunion
Sacrifice justice mercy love tribal watch out for Those who are like you but even more for those Who are different pluralism diversity freedom Encouragement communion fellowship blood And body bread...
View ArticleThe Lord’s Prayer with commentary
Our Father, the best father imaginable, and if not imaginable, the best Mother, or Brother, or Sister, or Friend; Who art in Heaven, that place that isn’t a place, the perfect state of being, of...
View ArticleThe Fight
With a battering ram strapped to my forehead, I push through the glistening walls of the great cathedral. But for what? Has this victory won me anything of value? After all, the war has already been...
View ArticleCarried Away
Life flowing from my heart Is cut down by rivers of doubt. The rushing water wears down My early oaths and affirmations, Slowing my faith to a halt. My simple plan to ditch the man of the gospels,...
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