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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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A Resurrection Day Prayer
God of the Open Tomb, We have walked through the valley of the shadow of death to see that You have kept Your promises. The evil that we had been taught to fear has not won. Love has and Love always will. For the Light has indeed shined in the darkness and the darkness has…
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DMX and the Ballad of the Brokenhearted
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: Have you ever looked into the eyes of someone who has been truly brokenhearted? Perhaps you have and they were your very own eyes? If you have, then you’ll likely agree with me that despite what romantic entertainment will have you believe, there are relatively few people who have…
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Ghosts of Suicide
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: https://youtu.be/UCctI-pxJ8c I am not one of those people who believes that people ever get over the traumas that happen in their lives. Rather, I believe that we either learn to live with them or we expand to leverage them. In my own life, I can admit that I have…
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Homelessness as an Indicator of Our Society’s Priorities
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: “They put all of society’s problems on us. They make money from criminalizing us. Every time they lock us up, money goes into someone’s pockets.? That’s why they are making it so hard for things to get better.” – Known Unknown Click Image to go to Facebook Video It’s…
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I Am From Here, Nowhere, and Now Here
Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: I’m from “Daddy’s not coming back.” on on my 2nd ChristmasAnd my first prayer to God that taught me “no” is an answer too.I’m from the smell of mothballs when we moved in with GrandmaAnd toast with melted Mozzarella on topI’m from the “Daily…
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He Fit the Description
Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: They told him “put your hands up.” He did and that day he died. Innocence put to death. His crime was he complied The authorities are the ones who killed him. He must have “fit the right description” They called him a troublemaker. Never…
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I’m a little overwhelmed…
Originally posted on Is it just me, or is the world insane?: Hello everyone! I’ve been working on a piece to put together what I have been blessed to see regarding what God has to say about the treatment of the poor and needy. This is a little overwhelming, and yet I know that the…
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Ending Racism: How to Change the World in One Generation
The other morning I was feeling the weight of trying to articulate possibilities in the face of polarities. I prayed for some guidance on how to reimagine some of the conversations we’re having on race. Next thing you know, I get this email from my new friend Justin Michael Williams inviting me to preview an…
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Free Speech and the Awareness of Context
The primary ingredient in anything you express is context. In the video below, I offer an analogy to assist listeners in examining how their context shapes how their content is experienced. I deliberately did not use any real world examples because this awareness is universally applicable. Additionally, like any broadly applicable awareness, it can be…
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