Dr. Williams said that in our history there has always been acts of violence, resistance and resilience. And as reconciling leaders we must look at a situation and ask: Where was the violence? Where was the resistance? Where is the resilience? The first question might seem the easiest since that is often what catches our… Continue reading Learn Their Stories
Blog prompt: What anchors keep you centered as the beloved? Hope. Broader perspective. A return to center through intentionally meditating on feeling hopeful, easeful, beloved. And choosing thoughts through the day that support this. See story example below. What happens when you lose sight? It gets dark real quick! Yesterday evening I was sitting… Continue reading Was It A Sign To Remember My Belovedness?
I grew up in Saint Paul, MN in an area close by the Mississippi River. When I was younger we would walk down to an area we called our “secret spot”. It was an overlook where you could see a bridge, a church and Fort Snelling. Throughout my grade school education, I would go to… Continue reading Not on or for, but with.
Growing up in the 80’s with the accepted mindset of “it’s all gonna burn” set the stage for my early passivity towards reconciling any of the brokenness in the created world. The hope was that if things got bad enough, Jesus would come back and we’d all be whisked away from this very broken, very… Continue reading Stories in Creation
