The Cross, the Lynching Tree and the Axe A lament is an ancient form of prayer. Resembling a poem, it can be a powerful spiritual and literary tool to name harm and injustice. Divine Maker of the Great Gardens, Do you see the trees that have sprouted? Or the Black bodies that lie underneath, and
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The “Nadir of American race relations” is the period from the end of Reconstruction through the early 20th century when racism, lynchings, and legal segregation reached their worst post-slavery peak. The lamenter boldly asks God to lift the oppressed from the New Nadir in the 21st century.
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As a fragile ceasefire takes hold in the Iran conflict, we examine the “manufactured identities” of war and the Biblical mandate to protect the vulnerable. The Bible reveals 4 groups that may require our focus.
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Silence in the Mines and LinesA Lament for Workers God,Greed, power, and dominance have taken root.Growing so wildly, they threaten the beauty of your Great Eden.The empire extracts worker productivity and benefits only the mighty few. Empire still enslaves, like those in the Congo, mining rare earth metals for iPhones and other popular electronic
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A Lament for Black Memory Aren’t you tired, God?Tired of seeing my ancestors’ stories censored, Buried in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean,Burned on crosses in the cotton fields,Banned from the shelves of libraries. Words now deemed poisonous if spoken:Black. Diversity. Equity. Woman. Queer. Our stories, our identity, our cultureHung and silenced, thrown into the sea.
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