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My Twelfth #PrayerofChristmas
Let us not be so busy doing church that we forget to be the church. Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Giving Thanks, Healing, Hope, Jesus Christ, Justice, Prayer
Tagged 12DaysofPrayer, Christmas, church, Epiphany Eve, healing, Prayer, Reconciliation, Twelfth Night
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My Eleventh #PrayerofChristmas
We pray that the floodgates would open for Your people… Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Giving Thanks, grace, Healing, Hope, Inequality, Jesus Christ, Justice, Mental Health, Prayer, Uncategorized
Tagged 12DaysofPrayer, Christmas, Homeless, Hunger, Justice, Prayer, Prison, Provision
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My Ninth #PrayerofChristmas
Help us to see others as You see them and then do what we can to make sure their lives and circumstances reflect Your vision. Continue reading
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Tagged 12DaysofPrayer, church, Deliverance, freedom, Justice, Liberation, Prayer
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My Eighth #PrayerofChristmas
As we rise in a new year, we pray that we will also rise to the occasion of being Your disciples wherever we go. Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Endurance, Giving Thanks, Jesus Christ, Justice, Prayer, Uncategorized
Tagged 12DaysofPrayer, Christmas, Discipleship, Jesus, Joy, Justice, New Year, Prayer
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My First #PrayerofChristmas
Gracious and Loving God, On this first day of Christmas, we give You thanks and praise for the birth of Jesus– Immanuel! Thank You for being with us! Thank You for coming into this world, a refugee born in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12DaysofPrayer, Prayer
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Untitled…On Purpose
The morning after returning home from the breaking plantation, I participated in a Racial Reconciliation Bus Tour with an interfaith group of clergy. I wrote this reflection a couple of weeks later to share my experience during the One America … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights Movement, Equality, Healing, Hope, Inequality, Jesus Christ, Justice, Racism, Reconciliation
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Not So Easily Broken: A Week On the Breaking Plantation
There’s something especially cruel, horrific even, about a breaking plantation…as if slavery itself wasn’t cruel enough. You see, breaking plantations are where they sent the slaves who kept trying to run away. On the grounds of this one where I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Endurance, Inequality, Justice, Overcoming Obstacles, Racism, Slavery, Uncategorized, Violence
Tagged freedom, persistence, plantation, Racism, Reconciliation, reparations, resistance, Slavery
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A Real Christmas Perversion
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Inequality, Justice
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, Christmas, Dreamers, Fairness, Faith4TaxJustice, GOP Tax Scam, Happy Holidays, Health Care, Jesus, Least of these, Magnificat, Mary, Poverty, Puerto Rico, Tax Bill, taxes, the Poor, U.S. Virgin Islands
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So, About the 2016 Election: An Open Letter to Those Who Want to Make America Great Again
Dear Friends and Neighbors, By the time I post this blog it will officially be Election Day. You see, I’ve been struggling with what to write for several days, probably months. I even held a Facebook fast since the Republican … Continue reading
The Big, Bad Problem with ‘Good’ People
There is a problem with “good” people. In fact, I would suggest to you that there is a big, bad problem with good people. I know this may seem like a strange statement to make. What could be wrong with … Continue reading
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