Category: Race

I Just Want To See

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I cannot trust these eyes Seeing what they are told  I hope one day they will belong to me Before I get too old   To use this body redefined Labeled with checked boxes and color lines To catch a glimpse of reality while there’s still time If only for a little while    I just want […]

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The Only One Drop Rule

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“For on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you; from all of your sins you will be clean before the Lord.” ~ Leviticus 16.30 “For the life of the creature is in the blood and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since […]

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Forgiving Race

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“Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.” ~ Euripides “He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.” ~ Proverb 17.9 The Christian life begins with forgiveness.  It is the entryway to God.  We come to know God through the reconciliatory […]

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A Pilgrimage to the New Self

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“Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.” ~Frederick Buechner Dorothy Ranaghan says that Christian spirituality is “a plan, a means, an attempt to find a way of living every day in growing union with God.”  The Christian life is […]

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Are You A Nomad, A Chameleon Or A Pilgrim?

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“To journey without being changed is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.” ~Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk The inward journey.  No one can run with you.  There is no crowd to cheer you on.  There […]

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