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A prayer for Sudan
I usually keep my work and personal blogs separate. But the situation in Sudan weighs on me. So I offer a prayer – a prayer I wrote for a call to prayer issued by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Come...
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Not the answer
Vigilante justice is not the answer. The Boston-Herald reports that, “Members of the New Black Panther Party are offering a $10,000 reward for the ‘capture’ of George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch...
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How much pain
I cannot imagine the pain I witness from a distance I have no first-hand experience And yet, as I hear the news from Milwaukee Aleppo the Nuba Mountains Aurora Rutshuru Damaturu As I know that violence...
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Preparing for execution in Texas
Too long has passed since I have written about death penalty cases. I grieve the executions I have missed and give thanks for those who have raised their voices against the them. The State of Texas is...
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Heart sore
Heart sore I sit and watch I listen and pray I write and call as once more rockets fly jets roar dealing death pain grief destruction. Heart sore I sit and watch I listen and pray I write and call as...
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National Day of Prayer for Reconciliation in South Sudan
Please join the people of South Sudan in prayer for reconciliation in their country. A National Day of Prayer for Reconciliation in South Sudan will take place on Monday, July 8, 2013, the eve of the...
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A prayer for South Sudan
An earlier post focused on participating in a National Day of Prayer with the people of South Sudan in response to the violence that has plagued their country since independence and that continues to...
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The light of love
Satpal Singh, chairperson of the World Sikh Council – American Region, recently published a reflection in response to the September 21 attack on Dr. Prabhjot Singh. His article, entitled, “Our Resolve...
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In This Place
This is the manuscript I took into the pulpit at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church today. The preached sermon varied from the manuscript in some instances as the preaching event took place. People...
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A prayer for #NMOS14
In response to the killing of Michael Brown and others, people will gather in solidarity across the country on Thursday, August 14, to hold vigils and observe a moment of silence to honor victims of...
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Heavy, aching, longing heart: Officer Ramos and Officer Liu
The brutal killing of Officer Rafael Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu of the New York Police Department shocks and angers me. I grieve for Officer Ramos and Officer Liu. I grieve for their families who...
View ArticleLent 2017, day 7
“… before we arrive at Holy Week, we spend time in the wilderness with Jesus. We reflect on the violence that surrounds too many places in our nation and the world. We sit with the Belhar Confession,...
View ArticleDisrupt and dismantle
Killings motivated by racism at the Kroger where I shopped when I lived in Louisville. Killings motivated by anti-Semitism at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, where I have never lived but claim as home...
View ArticleWords fail and tears flow
A prayer poem in the aftermath of the killing of 8 people of whom 7 were were women and 6 were women of Asian descentWords fail and tears flow.They squeeze out of the corners of my eyes,roll down to...
View ArticleA prayer, September 11, 2021
Gracious God,twenty years onwe remember. We rememberyour precious children killed inNew YorkWashington, DC,Shanksville. We rememberyour precious children killed inAfghanistanIraqand around the world....
View ArticleIt comes this night
It comes this night. Faintly, ever so faintly,it comes. Above the roarof anger and hatred,Above the howl of prejudice and bigotry, Above the maelstromof systems and structures,Above the crash of...
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