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This hymn celebrates darkness as sacred power giving birth to all creation. Sacred Darkness creates a world of justice and peace. We join this creation, contributing to racial justice and equity by changing the traditional symbolism of darkness and light. In many hymns images of darkness carry negative connotations, while images of light carry positive […]
With all the challenges in our lives and in the world, we may not waken to the wonders all around us. Spring is my favorite time of year. Daffodils, tulips, redbud trees, dogwood trees, and azaleas are showing off their bright, multicolored beauty. When I stop to breathe in the beauty, the lovely creation fills […]
Wars are raging in the Middle East, Ukraine, and elsewhere in our world, resulting in deaths of thousands of children and others. These wars leave people without homes, food, water, fuel, and other basic human necessities. When will all this violence cease? When will oppression that leads to violence cease? How our world needs Wisdom […]
Our Milky Way Galaxy contains 100-400 billion stars. The Milky Way is just one of around two trillion galaxies in the observable universe. How could we ever limit the Creator of so vast a universe to a few names and a single gender? Holy Mystery exceeds our thoughts. All our language for divinity is metaphorical. […]
There is much to resist these days. We may feel overwhelmed by all the injustices in our world. But all together we can rise up stronger to resist these injustices. Recently, Vontril McLemore and DeShay Freemyer-Jackson led the congregation at The Gathering, A Womanist Church in singing “We Will All Resist.” After the song, Rev. […]
