by Kelly Clarkson I first heard the last couple of bars of this song on an overhead speaker in a gym earlier this week. The emotion was so palpable, I had to find it and listen to it fully. The song pretty much says it all; nothing to add from me. Piece by Piece byContinue reading "Song & Verse: Piece by Piece"
Give thanks for what you’ve been delivered from
My prayers weren’t elaborate. They weren’t long and scripture based. I knew I wanted to be delivered from it all. I wanted to be saved. I wanted to live free from fear.
He is my sweetness.
He is my sweetness. When we aren't right He is the source of all my Bitterness.
I used to be an athlete.
I used to be an athlete: “Luckily for me, the body remembers. Muscle memory – I just have to get myself moving.” Halfway through the assessment, she observed, “You need a sergeant. Someone to push you. You are capable of so much more than you think. I’m really impressed with you.”
Quote: Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.
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 believeContinue reading "Quote: Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done."
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…
QUOTE: THAT MAN WHO IS FORCED EACH DAY TO SNATCH HIS MANHOOD…
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.Continue 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.}
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