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A Call to Stand Against Injustice

Posted on February 5, 2025 by admin

I read a recent article in Reuters about the removal of a U.S. Air Force video honoring the first Black pilots, and realized this is not just a bureaucratic decision—it is an alarming regression that threatens to erase the progress … Continue reading →

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Behind the Trees

Posted on February 4, 2025 by admin

It was a beautiful Midwestern evening. The heat of the sun had dissipated, and a cool breezecarried the sweet smell of wild grasses swaying in the golden glow of the setting sun. I was out for a bike ride—anything to … Continue reading →

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A New Chapter In My Story

Posted on January 31, 2025 by admin

Last week, I join a crowd of clergy and congregants at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta to celebrate the ordination of the now-Reverend Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs. Ordinations mark a peak moment in the life story of the person being … Continue reading →

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A Strange Little Bridge

Posted on January 29, 2025 by admin

(Note: I use watered down language to refer to the genocide of the Palestinian people, this is an intentional choice due to the setting of this story in the early days when the Israeli government’s intentions were not clear.) When … Continue reading →

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Background

Posted on January 27, 2025 by admin

Inside my head, stories rattle around. They are stories about me, woven by storytellers other than myself. I have hated some of these stories, particularly the ones about me crying whenever I drew the Old Maid card, or how as … Continue reading →

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This Is Also Sooth

Posted on January 23, 2025 by admin

Anglo-Irish poet William Butler Yeats was an interesting man in interesting times. His body of work spanned six decades, included more than poetry, and made him one of the premier literary figures of his day. The December 2024 issue of … Continue reading →

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Rewriting the Fairy Tales in My Life

Posted on January 22, 2025 by admin

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.  G.K. Chesterton This quote has sparked something deep within me recently. As a Pisces, my natural … Continue reading →

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