Please don’t act like everyone loved my father. He was assassinated. A 1967 poll reflected that he was one of the most hated men in America. Most hated. Many who quote him now and evoke him to deter justice today would likely hate, and may already hate, the authentic King. #MLK
"Joy is nurtured, not by pretending everything is fine, but by holding our hope together with our grief, the good news with our sorrow, and naming both as reality. We practice joy because we are clear-eyed about our realities - all of them." - @sarahbessey
Omitted by many churches in the late 1800’s, today we sang the original verse 3 of “O Holy Night”
“Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is Love and His gospel is Peace;
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother, And in his name all oppression shall cease”
If you don’t have the motivation to do anything else to help support your nervous system and over all health: breathe through your nose. https://t.co/3BXcQufyqD
Philadelphia's city council voted to apologize for the 1985 bombing of a Black neighborhood.
Police dropped combat explosives on members of Black liberation group MOVE, who were living in a row house. 11 people died — including 5 children — and fires left 250 people homeless.
The White House is pushing back after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said the U.S. is in a terrible position to face the upcoming months of the pandemic.
A White House spokesman called Fauci's remarks "unacceptable."
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Luke 4: 18-19.
Like spiritual bypassing (Welwood), I believe Political Bypassing is the use of politics (political thought, conversation, argument, or policy, the pursuit of 'right political thinking) to sidestep, avoid, or dismiss unresolved issues, wounds, pain, individually, or collectively.
We're glad to temporarily host this statue of Homeless Jesus to raise awareness of homelessness in Cleveland and remind us that all people are created in the image of God.
@TJHeidenreich@AMPL1FY Thank you for you and Kirstie's compassion and dedication to young people! You have impacted so many. Blessings on your new journey.