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.

A Second Prayer for George Zimmerman

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Not guilty. This is the verdict in the murder trial of George Zimmerman concerning the death of seventeen year old high school student Trayvon Martin.  While I am surprised that he was not found to be at fault for any of his actions on February 26, 2012, I am hopeful that this demonstration of social […]

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Expectations

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” ~ Jeremiah 29.11, KJV Expectations.  We all have them.  And if by some strange miracle we don’t, then we have plenty of expectations from others. So many that we won’t ever run […]

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A Life Lived as the Sabbath

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“He who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked to toil. … Six days a week, we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath, we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul.  The […]

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Faith Forward

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Faith Forward: A Dialogue on Children, Youth and a New Kind of Christianity is the title of an upcoming book to be released this August.  What makes this book unique?  I’m in it.  I have contributed a chapter on the raceless gospel of Jesus Christ.  For more information about the book and to place an order, […]

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What flesh and blood cannot reveal

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“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’  And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’  He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I […]

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