I am trying to say this as clearly as I can to you, brothers and sisters: These are the tactics that have been used to create a culture where countless children have been torn to shreds, where women have been raped and then “broken down.”
“As I climbed higher and higher along the rocky path – with very few plants and certainly no trees marking the way – I walked deeper into solitude, step by step. I was alone; nobody else was hiking the trail that day. Nobody, that is, except for one man.”
“His long and fruitful episcopate ended with fame and some notoriety when he became a major general in the Confederate forces and was killed by a cannon ball in Pine Mountain, Georgia.”
The students of Rock Point School in Burlington have removed a portrait of the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, first bishop of the Diocese of Vermont. Hopkins believed the controversy over slavery could be remedied by proving that it had a biblical basis. He is perhaps best known for his 1861 pamphlet, Bible View of Slavery. A second portrait of Hopkins remains on display with context written by the students.
“Ms. Thomas, 65, said her mother remembered growing up in a little white house on the campus. She said her grandfather had dreamed of becoming a minister but had been barred from applying to the seminary because of his skin color. Eventually, near the end of World War II, he moved to Washington and became a minister before his death in 1967.”
“With the final Amen
she watches her children
race down the aisle
arms wide open …”
Charlette and Maya Little-Sana discuss Nicodemus and the way the Holy Spirit moves
Welcome to our 200th episode and thanks for being in the journey with us. This week we’re continuing our exploration of the creeds, inspired by the catechism, focusing on the Apostle’s and Nicene creeds. Plus we learn a bit of Roman history.
This week the German author who was the first female poet and hymnwriter of the Continental Reformation and a friend of Martin Luther.
Deadly violence in Israel has erupted once again. It’s captured the world’s attention, and with it aspersions are cast in angry self righteousness. The Levant has been a whirlpool of contending peoples visiting war, famine and death on each another since the beginning of recorded history, so the current outbreak should not surprise anyone.