Author: Starlette Thomas, Race Abolitionist

Seeking to lead words and people to their highest and most authentic expression, I am the principal architect of a race/less world.

He is risen! Now, what?

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Life after Easter can seem anticlimactic.  We have suffered like Jesus during Lent.  We have remembered him while partaking of Communion on Maundy Thursday.  We have reflected on the meaning of his death on Good Friday and waited in anticipation for Sunday morning. Well, Sunday has come and gone.  The resurrection is past; the day is behind us.  The […]

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How race makes us bitter

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“See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.” ~ Hebrews 12.15, NRSV Race gives us permission to think and do and be a lot of things, whether they are healthy or not, Christlike or […]

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Peacemakers

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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will called children of God.” ~ Matthew 5.9, NRSV We make lots of things but I am not sure that peace is at the top of the list.  Our hands are busy, holding and letting go, moving and directing, pointing and shooting, typing, writing and erasing, shaping and shining, […]

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A Prayer for Resurrection

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God of the resurrection and of the resurrected people, we bless Your name and raise the standard of our affection. This is Your day. Let Your praises rise this day. Let Your glory rise this day. Let the fragrance of Your sweet Spirit rise this day. Because we have entered into Your house with the […]

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“Sunday’s Coming”

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She kept her quiet vigil In the shadow of the cross, A youthful, sad- eyed woman Weeping softly for her loss… It was Friday… and her son was going to die… The infant she had cradled In her heart in other days Looked down in anguish With compassion in his gaze… It was Friday… and […]

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