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Power Belongs To God

For God alone my soul in silence waits; * truly, my hope is in her. She alone is my rock and my salvation, * my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken. In God is my safety and my … Continue reading

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I Am The Sea And Nobody Owns Me

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A Word After A Word After A Word

A word after a word after a word is power. Margaret Atwood via Words — Radical Discipleship

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Do Not Hold Back

    Enlarge the place of your tent,     Stretch your tent curtains wide,     Do not hold back. Isaiah 54:2

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Courage, Dear Heart

via January 24, 2017 – Who will? — Motivating Giraffe

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Identity Matters

The truth will set not just you free, but others too who learn from you the value and power of speaking their own story. This too is speaking truth to power.  You exist. You matter. If they choose to ignore … Continue reading

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How Can I Keep From Singing? Prayer and Praise as Political Resistance

We need to claim “golden crowns” for every person of color, every woman, every immigrant, every Muslim, every differently-abled person, every human being caught under the heel of America’s delusions of grandeur. An excellent post by the Revd Marcus Halley, via … Continue reading

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It Is Poetry

bell hooks

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Suffragette

I’ve just been to the cinema to see “Suffragette”, and I feel like going to the library right now to learn more… I have questions!  The first question I had after leaving the cinema was if the men who see the … Continue reading

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Blessed Are the Children

  blessed are the children/ newsagents and takeaways are their post-school tabernacles/ they congregate behind bus stops/ righteously praying over one of their own/ fallen from grace/ at their feet and their mercy   blessed are the children/ NatWest closed … Continue reading

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