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Black & Brown Moving Forward Together “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”- Luke 22:31-32 Peter’s journey with Jesus …
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Luke 13:10-17 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you …
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What would happen if a mother from Guatemala showed up at your church door with a little kid in her arms and said, “Can you help me?” – Rev. John Fife, co-founder of the 1980s sanctuary movement. Matthew 25:31-46 In response to the disciples’ questions about the coming of the Son of …
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Psalm 12 (CEB) Help, Lord, because the godly are all gone; the faithful have completely disappeared from the human race! 2 Everyone tells lies to everyone else; they talk with slick speech and divided hearts. 3 Let the …
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Bearing Burdens - Military Veterans “Don’t oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor; don’t plan evil against each other!” - Zechariah 7:10, CEB Scripture tells us, time and again, to care for the widow, the orphan and the stranger. There should be no exception when the “strangers” …
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Work and Rest: Domestic Workers “The heavens and the earth and all who live in them were completed. On the sixth day God completed all the work that he had done, and on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God …
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Deuteronomy 10:17-19 "For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, …
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I recently had the opportunity to share a dinner table with a lively bunch of fellow sojourners. The faces, young and old, around the table represented Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America. We were sharing life stories, and as I sat there, I couldn't help but feel like I was experiencing a …
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