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Eleven Years Old…and losing heart.
He was slight in body. His eyes darted around the room and then settled on mine. As we locked eyes, my heart seemed to stop for a moment — as if to acknowledge that what I was seeing with my own eyes demanded an end to business as usual — that I stop and take…
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Hosanna, Loud Hosanna!
Here’s a hymn written by Jeanette Threlfall (1821-1880). She writes about the songs and praises of children lifted up to Jesus — Palm Sunday praises….for the One who welcomed them into His presence. 1. Hosanna, loud hosanna, the little children sang, through pillared court and temple the lovely anthem rang. To Jesus, who had blessed…
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Children in the New York State 2011 – 2012 Budget: An Unfair Burden
Friends, Here is the letter that went to all New York State legislators from the Children’s Defense Fund – New York. I’m including it here in its entirety on my personal blog because I think that how we spend our money is a moral issue. Budgets are moral testimonies. They are practical demonstrations of what…
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What Child is This?
Sure, as much as we’d like to think we know — we don’t really know who these children are growing up around us. We may have thought one would never amount to anything, and look at him now. Another seemed to have an early golden touch, but somehow, lost his way. We certainly can’t predict…
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Turning Darkness Into Day (Fisk University Jubilee Day, 2010)
Read The Full Transcript of Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan Simpson’s Jubilee Day Address, ” Turning Darkness Into Day” October 11, 2010 by gbryant25 In October, The Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson(’85), Executive Director for Children’s Defense Fund-New York, was Fisk’s Jubilee Day Speaker. Due to the overwhelming response and inquiry, the University has obtained permission from Dr. Simpson to…
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A Hymn for Today….
Let us hope when hope seems hopelesswhen the dreams we dreamed have died.When the morning breaks in brightness,hunger shall be satisfied.One who sows the fields with weepingshall retrace the sorrowing way and rejoice in harvest bountyat the breaking of the day. Faith and hope in Love’s compassionwill survive though knowledge cease,though the tongues of joy…
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If Joseph Dreams….
The Flight Into Egypt, Matthew 2:13 “Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.…
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A Watershed Moment: Finding Life in the God-Story
A Watershed Moment: Finding Life in the God-Story I remember the day as if it were yesterday. I was on my way to the Fisk Memorial Chapel one late Saturday afternoon to prepare for the next day’s worship service. It was fall of my junior year — and the university was broke, and unfortunately stuck…
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I Was Fatherless and You Stood in the Gap for Me…
“Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I…
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God is Bigger…Than Any Soul’s Grief?
I am not superhuman. Though I may act like a superwoman sometimes, I am limited, small, broken and terribly flawed. In the face of struggle and conflict, the instinct to strike out, to flee or to fight back is so strong…overwhelming, sometimes. A world filled with wounded fighters — even fighters who strike out against…
A Voice In Ramah
Another world is possible…
A Voice In Ramah 