God of Sorrows: A Lenten Prayer
God of Sorrows, We cry holy for a God who is moved to tears…
God of Sorrows, We cry holy for a God who is moved to tears…
I wish I had taken the chance to learn more about my parents’ parents.…
God of the Desert, We are grateful that You are a God who does…
One day, I came home from elementary school excited to tell my parents what…
Our nation has been in an extended period of mourning. Even in times of celebration and triumph, we are not far from the losses that our communities have undertaken. Lent is usually about voluntary self-denial, but the past year has denied us and deprived us without our consent. It almost seems superfluous to observe Lent when we are still wearing the ashes of mourning from last year. Yet I still hope…
Widely known as the African American National Anthem, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” started…
We knew that this would happen. It was unlikely that 17 Republican Senators would join with Democrats to convict Trump during his second impeachment. But when the verdict came in on Saturday, February 13, 2021–just over a month after a violent insurrection at the Capitol in support of the former president–it was still infuriating.
2021. The year of reclamation. Like many others, I have encountered more ebbs than…
Editor’s Note: Dominique Gilliard, author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores and…