…once a judicial opinion rationalizes such an order to show that it conforms to the Constitution, or rather rationalizes the Constitution to show that the Constitution sanctions such an order, the Court for all of time has validated the principle of racial discrimination. … The principle then lies about like a loaded weapon ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of urgent need.”
Author Archives: LaShawnda Jones
Praying for Refugees
We are overwhelmed by the needs of a suffering world, dear God. Protect us from paralysis. Help us to proclaim the liberating gospel of the Lord Jesus, and to live out that gospel. {Click to read.}
Phoenix Art Museum: Extras
Exhibit: Kehinde Wiley – Sculptures
Kehinde Wiley is one of the leading American artists to emerge in the last decade and he has been ingeniously reworking the grand portraiture traditions.
America First, The Netherlands Second
A funny for the day. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ELD2AwFN9Nc?feature=oembed As President Donald Trump has mentioned, people are talking about America all over the world — and that includes satirical comedy shows in the Netherlands. In response to Trump’s first speech about putting “America first,” the comedy show Zondag met Lubach is asking him to put the Netherlands second.ContinueContinue reading “America First, The Netherlands Second”
Women’s March on Washington: Signs of the Time
Poem: Without Reservation
My winter cleaning unearthed an old notebook. I opened it to this poem from over a decade ago. I don’t think I’ve ever shared it and I certainly understand it better today than I did then. Perhaps because it has played itself out over the years. I’ve been thinking – perhaps I had an epiphanyContinueContinue reading “Poem: Without Reservation”
Poem: Without Reservation
My winter cleaning unearthed an old notebook. I opened it to this poem from over a decade ago. I don’t think I’ve ever shared it and I certainly understand it better today than I did then. Perhaps because it has played itself out over the years. I’ve been thinking – perhaps I had an epiphanyContinueContinue reading “Poem: Without Reservation”
Song & Verse: Worth Fighting For by Brian Courtney Wilson
“Worth Fighting For” You met me deep in my despair To show me You Would never leave me there. You claimed Because I was made for so much more I am Your child And I’m worth fighting for Though heavy With the weight of my mistakes You carried me And refused to let me sinkContinueContinue reading “Song & Verse: Worth Fighting For by Brian Courtney Wilson”
President Barack Obama: Thanks & Keep Moving Forward
“America is not the project of any one person. Because the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes, We Can.’” ~ Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America President Obama’s Farewell Speech, Full Text, JAN. 9, 2017 (LAUGHTER) Everybody have aContinueContinue reading “President Barack Obama: Thanks & Keep Moving Forward”
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