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.

Somebody’s got to dream

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With the world and all its ways Leaders and people misbehave Somebody’s got to be in a daze Somebody’s got to dream.   With the world and all its violence Screaming, shouting, fighting the silence Somebody’s got to provide guidance Somebody’s got to dream.   With the world and its pride Pretending, lying, trying to […]

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Give me a sign

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“The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?”  | John 2.18, NRSV No bunny or top hat.  Nothing up his sleeves.  Miracles are not to be confused with magic shows.  Turning water into wine, Jesus has performed his first miracle because his mother tells him to.  In John […]

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Follow Me

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“We begin our Lenten journey addressed by the remarkable assurance that the God who summons us in is the God who goes along with us.” | Walter Brueggeman, A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent Where is Jesus going?  To the cross.  We know the way that he must take.  We are so […]

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Take the Load Off

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“The cross is a contradiction to the world and pertains to public policy just as it pertains to personal well- being.” | Walter Brueggeman, A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent “Give us a sign!”  This is the demand not only of the Pharisees in Jesus’ day but in our own.  While it […]

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Take the Lead

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“I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious anti-neighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great departure from self-indulgent consumerism that devours creation. And then an arrival in a new neighborhood, because it is a gift to be […]

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