The Land of the Free
The blame game is being played out publicly on social media platforms. At a time when there is...
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The Ministry of Resistance
Today, I was a part of a planning meeting for a panel discussion at the upcoming World Council...
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There is no Peace
Each day we awaken to the news of more deaths resulting from armed conflicts around the world....
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Do Unto Others…
While in Greece for World Council of Churches meetings, I was a part of a group that visited...
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Shills and Shells
Lately, I found myself thinking about the many distractions that interfere with achieving...
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Anything Goes
Anything Goes The 25th of May will mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of George...
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Great Expectations
I confess that I have days when I wonder, will we ever see the changes we want to experience...
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Unity Not Uniformity
The United Church of Christ is diverse. This is not an aspirational statement, instead it...
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Peace Be With You…
“…And also with you” is the response on Sunday mornings and on occasions where the peace...
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UCC GMP Releases Statement on Pope Francis
Pope Francis died early in the morning on Easter Monday, April 21, after suffering a stroke...
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My Country ‘Tis of Thee
Lately, there has been much conversation about immigration policies in the United States. The...
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Help Wanted
While in Washington, DC on Ash Wednesday, the 44th day of the current administration, I made...
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Persona non Grata
The first time I heard the term persona non grata I was a child living in Jamaica, where I was...
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Politics and the Church
Every now and then I get correspondence from someone who says: “The church should not be...
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Committed to Inclusion
The United States is a very diverse country and has always prided itself in that diversity....
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Taking Care of the Poor: A Lenten Discipline
The Lenten season begins this week with Ash Wednesday. Lent is a 40-day period of prayer,...
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Risky at Best
Occasionally I get asked why I moved from Jamaica to the United States. My response: “My...
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27 Days and Counting
Recently, I started counting the number of days since Martin Luther King Day. The King holiday...
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Living Psalms Book Psalms in the form of words and art, reborn in the specific contexts of...
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Warning Labels
In 2020, on the eve of the global lockdown due to the spread of the then mostly unknown...
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