Black #Africans appeared throughout the Roman empire & were common in cities. Romans didn't exclude black people. Romans had a different notions of race, not like the one that developed in Europe & the Americas from the 16th c. to the present.
A Roman bust of an "#Ethiopian man"
Watching #TheBlackChurchPBS reminds us all that happenings like 1/6/21 are very normal for this country. White violence/backlash/supremacy is most certainly who this country is! #TheBlackChurch#PBS
@RevDrVoelz Stunning. We do need ministers tuned into the unique ways in which trauma embeds itself in our children. I think my girls will become more aware of the trauma when they eventually return to school. Home feels safe. But the transition back out will be hard.
Dear Pastors and Church Leaders Curating Digital Spaces —
Please tend to God's digital sanctuary just as much as you tend to the physical one and consider spending some of your 2021 Study Leave time on graphic design.
— B.
Writer's Block.
A thread for @alixabeth and others. This is not about writing problems in general: procrastination, frustration, stress eating, pain, and so on. It's for when you cannot remember how to write- like there is a gap in your brain- and the whole world goes gray. 1/