Category: Community
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Let Me Be Humble
In the fall of 2023, I had an extraordinary opportunity to visit Italy and learn about St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, two Christians who took the scriptural call to humility very seriously. After attempting to match this theme with several meters and tunes, I finally thought of the tune SLANE and found some…
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Come Join Me Now
We are never without the presence of God and Thea accompaniment of God’s creation and the saints. The great Maya Angelous said, “one of the things I do, when I step on the stage, when I stand up to translate, when I go to teach my classes, when I go to direct a movie, I…
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Holy Spirit, Spark a Vision
When I began my ministry, the very first task assigned to me was to attend a faith-based organizing training. One of the many gifts of that experience was the understanding that power is worth cultivating as long as you have a positive purpose that is larger than that power. In this text, the Holy Spirit…
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When Our Minds Are Set and Certain
How can we work against the many forces urging us towards polarization and division? This text was inspired by A Sanctified Art’s theme for Lent in 2025: Everything In Between: Meeting God in the midst of extremes. When our minds are set and certaingrant us grace that intercedes.When our hearts are hard with habitease us…
