“Our sisters and brothers in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church have asked us to make [our] solidarity visible by participating in “Confession, Repentance, and Commitment to End Racism Sunday” on Sunday, September 6.”
“Under whose authority are you not issuing marriage licenses today?” he asked. “Under God’s authority,” Davis said.
To the cynical, the distracted, the bored, Jesus commands: Ephphata… Be opened! Open your hearts. Open your minds. Open your senses. Open your will to believe.
Creation Justice Ministries Executive Director Shantha Ready Alonso said, “Prayer is powerful. Uniting in prayer will give us the spiritual strength we need to face the most daunting challenge humanity has known: to heal and restore God’s web of creation before it is too late.”
“During the last 15 months, we have continued to learn much about our School and the students it serves. … Our ongoing work will be even more difficult having witnessed the challenges of the trial, but it remains our responsibility to make our School the safest place possible.”
the martyr’s wheel rises
the break beatified
by a fragrant halo
silvery traces of the soul’s flight
toward paradise