Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice. Finally, I’ve come to believeContinueContinue reading “Quote: Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”
Author Archives: LaShawnda Jones
Quote: When one knows this about a man…
When one knows this about a man, it is impossible for one to hate him, but unless he becomes a man – become equal – it is also impossible for one to love him. {Click to read the full quote.}
Quote: The belonging you seek…
The belonging you seek is not behind you, but ahead. I am no jedi, but I know the force….
Quote: That man who is forced each day to snatch his manhood…
Originally posted on #americarising:
I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering – enough is certainly as good as a feast – but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are. That man who is forced each day to snatch his manhood, his identity, out of the fire…
Devotional: Love and Justice
February 1, 2016 Love and Justice: Hosea 12:1-6 Read The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They pile up lies and violence; they are making an alliance with Assyria while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt. Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah.ContinueContinue reading “Devotional: Love and Justice”
Quote: That man who is forced each day to snatch his manhood…
That man who is forced each day to snatch his manhood, his identity, out of the fire of human cruelty that rages to destroy it knows, if he survives his effort, and even if he does not survive it, something about himself and human life that no school on earth – and, indeed, no church – can teach. He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable. {Click to read full quote.}
Don’t Break Your Heart So Often
Being alive, and being fully alive means learning to live with a broken heart. Source: Don’t Break Your Heart So Often
Sermon: THE END IS THE BEGINNING
Sermon: THE END IS THE BEGINNING
Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me and for the Good News will have true life. It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls. (Click link to listen.)
5 Minutes with Granddaddy / You Are an Incredible Testimony of Mercy
5 Minutes with Granddaddy / You Are an Incredible Testimony of Mercy
I wish I had softer memories, kinder thoughts to dwell on as I’m confronted with the end of my granddaddy’s life; but these are the memories that I had to acknowledge and overcome so they would not be all I had to look back on in the future…. I spent half a day getting to him and had only five minutes at his bedside… but it was all I needed to say what I had to say… what I was sent to say.
ACAD: Psalm 35
ACAD: Psalm 35
Lord, battle with those who battle with me. Fight against those who fight against me. Pick up the shield and armor. Rise up and help me. Lift up your spears, both large and small, against those who chase me. Tell me, “I will save you.”
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