Tag: Meditations of the Heart

Protest is ‘praying with my feet’

.Reading time 4 minutes.

On Memorial Day, George Floyd, a 46- year- old African American resident, was arrested by Minneapolis police for allegedly attempting to use a fake $20 bill at Cup Foods, a local store.  He was handcuffed but he wasn’t placed in a squad car.  I didn’t hear his Miranda Rights being read to him but I […]

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Protesting the death of Mister George Floyd: Other duties as assigned

.Reading time 7 minutes.

I sent this email on Thursday to my co- workers as well as our leadership team.  I figured I might share it with you as you also might be feeling an even more pronounced sense to work and witness for a more just society after the death of George Floyd and so many before him. […]

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Howard Thurman on new years

.Reading time 3 minutes.

There is something which seems utterly final about the end of a year. It means that we are one year older; this is a fact definite and inexorable. We are twelve months closer to the end of our physical time span—one year closer to death. It means that in some important ways we are taken […]

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