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Take This Life (w/ Lyrics)
Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: https://youtu.be/pMVTFt5cYk4 Updated on December 4, 2022 I am grateful that after more than a 4 year journey, Take This Life has finally made its way out into the world. It has been a blessing to me. I hope it blesses everyone it comes in…
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Two Ideas One Mind: The Vices and Virtues of Cognitive Dissonance
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: I sometimes wonder if hypocrisy comes from a person’s inability to harmonize the seemingly divergent awarenesses that arise as a result of them experiencing cognitive dissonance. Take for example someone like the segregationist Senator, Strom Thurmond who, despite adamantly advocating against civil rights for Black Americans and pushed for…
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Strength Through Being a Non-Anxious Presence (#BoulderStrong)
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: In the wake of tragedies that expose our vulnerabilities and limitations, as what we witnessed here in Boulder after the shooting at King Soopers, we often find ourselves looking back and wishing we were stronger. With this message, we explore transforming our pain and past weaknesses through the decision…
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The Burden
Almost every Black person I know who has grown up in America knows what it’s like to feel the existential burden placed upon us that says, “You represent your entire race.”
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The Beatitudes of the Pastor
Originally posted on Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund: 1. Blessed is the pastor who embraces simplicity and sharing her lifestyle because her witness gives birth to the realm of heaven. 2. Blessed is the pastor who does not fear to water her face with tears, so that in them can be mirrored the sorrows of…
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The Next Wave in Relating – A Silva Linings Conversation w/ Stefan Goetz and Pedro Silva
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: My friend Stefan Goetz is author of the book, The Next Wave in Business: How the New Economic Paradigm Propels the Creation of Next Generation Businesses. We had this conversation on the next wave in relating and trusting the Unknown. These conversations are being offered as both a way…
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Transforming Our Roadblocks to Serenity
Serenity? What is it and why is it so hard to achieve? And once we find it, how do we hold on to it? In our time together, Pedro Silva will engage participants in a reflection on the idea of serenity and why it is a worthy focus in our journeys of faith. Leaning on…
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Our Guardian Whose Art Is Heaven
Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: Our Guardian Whose Art is Heaven On this and every other plane Thanks for calling us into being And holding us in Your Name We seek to find your Kingdom We live for it to come A world beyond division Where all are known…
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God’s Plan
Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: it started in the beginning it ended in the beginning the Peace and the war the losing and the Winning the time we have to wait the weight that comes with time the Word and the verse the pentameter and the rhyme the Hope…
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Looking For A “Change of Seen?
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: In a post I wrote recently, I talked about my desire to live into the Realm of Flow–aka willing surrender–perpetually. I expressed how over the past few months, I’ve been feeling deeply that the best contribution I can be to the communities of which I am a part is…
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