A New Revised Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity to accept that people are not the same, Courage to change my perspective and to challenge my prejudices, And the wisdom to celebrate our differences. Amen.
Read MoreAuthor: 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.
Receive
“And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” | John 20.22, NIV In our capitalist system, we are prone to think that receiving is about getting. “Gimme” is the empire’s prayer response. We say, “more” as confirmation of receipt. The entitlement drips from our lips. We expect to have. We lay claim […]
Read MoreAcceptance
“Accept one another, then, just as Christ has accepted you.” | Romans 15.7, NIV Spawned by reports of the current American president’s remarks on immigration, which included speaking of Haiti and the entire continent of Africa (i.e. some 54 countries and two de facto territories) in terms unbecoming of a human being– much less a president, […]
Read MoreMartin Luther King on being a transformed nonconformist
“Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” | Romans 12.2 “‘Do not conform’ is difficult advice in a generation when crowd pressures have unconsciously conditioned our minds and feet to move to the rhythmic drumbeat of the status quo. Many voices and forces urge us to […]
Read MoreResolve to Form New Community
Happy New Year! Now, before all of confetti is accounted for and removed, before the balloons begin to deflate, returning to their natural state, before you and I lose the momentum of the moment and the newness of this year rubs off, I want to ask you to do something. I know that it will […]
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