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No More Games, Santa. Justice…..
Day 3: Advent Promises – Change is Coming! Isaiah 9:5-7 (The Message) The boots of all those invading troops, along with their shirts soaked with innocent blood, will be piled in a heap and burned, a fire that will burn for days! For a child has been born—for us! the gift of a son—for us!…
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The Children Come
The Children Come (By Carolyn Winfrey Gillette) FINLANDIA 11.10.11.10.11.10 The children come, not sure where they are going;Some little ones have seen their siblings die.They’ve traveled north—a tide that keeps on growing,A stream of life beneath the desert sky.Their welcome here? Detention, overflowing.O Lord of love, now hear your children’s cry! The children come in search of…
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Driven to Tears….
It was the evening of April 4, 1968 – and I was almost five years old. Sometime that evening, with the news playing in the background I stood beside my mother’s chair and stared into her face as she cried softly. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been killed. Was he a member of our family?…
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Today’s Petition for Persistence
“Give us grace, O God, to dare to do the deed that we all know cries to be done. Let us not hesitate because of ease, or the words of men’s mouths, or our own lives. Mighty causes are calling us – the freeing of women and men, the training of children, the putting down…
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Do You Remember Why You Signed Up To Fight?
Some years ago, I was fortunate to serve as the Executive Director of Girls Inc. of NYC. It was an amazing experience. I am forever changed by the girls I met and the women who stood with me. We did a project once where girls in our programs shared their stories of origin. They talked about…
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How to Create More Hell on Earth for Kids
Want to know how you can create hell on earth? Decide that you don’t care whether children eat. And then, create more hell by shaping policies that determine what kids are worthy of school meals. Schools and school systems across the United States regularly deny meals to children because the child/parent “owes money”. When my…
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First Day of Christmas: A Child Has Been Born
First Day of Christmas: A Child Has Been Born For a people who were struggling against an oppressive regime, one whose power and authority seemed far reaching, generational and never ending, their hope for just and merciful leadership became real with the birth of a baby. Hope became real with the birth of a baby.…
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December 1, 2013: Advent Promises – No More
“But there will be no more gloom for those who were in anguish…” Isaiah 9: 1a (NRSV) “But there’ll be no darkness for those who were in trouble…” Isaiah 9: 1a (The Message Translation) Whether it is gloom and anguish or darkness and trouble — the coming of The Messiah means no more of it.…
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Battlefield Prayers
We know that this world is no friend to children. Many people answer the call to be teachers, youth leaders, doctors, social workers, lawyer/advocates, etc., taking all that they are to stand in the gap between the world’s harsh intent and the hope represented by children’s dreams. I am often overwhelmed by the passion of…
A Voice In Ramah
Another world is possible…
A Voice In Ramah 