In his groundbreaking book, “Jesus and the Disinherited”, Howard Thurman tells how his grandmother, Nancy Ambrose and his mother were both born into slavery in the American South. When his mother died, Thurman’s grandmother Nancy Ambrose raised Howard. One of Thurman’s regular chores was reading the Bible aloud to his grandmother, who could neither read […]
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What has nourished you? What has carried you to this place where you now stand? If I was to think of a symbol of what fed me as a child, I could place a mason jar of homegrown green beans on the altar. Every summer, we picked bushel baskets of beans at the family farm, […]
Our Father Loving and Sovereign Lord, we cry out to You for justice, healing and peace. Who art in Heaven We long for Heaven where faith, hope and love reign eternal. Holy is Your Name Your path is Holy, never hateful, vengeful, unjust or prejudiced. Your Kingdom come Your Kingdom comes as […]
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