We Are Made for Goodness – May 5, 2023
“We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, […]
Deep Peace Pure Red of the Flame – Apr. 19, 2023
Deep peace pure red of the flame to you;Deep peace pure white of the moon to you;Deep peace pure green of the grass to you;Deep peace pure brown of the earth to you;Deep peace pure grey of the dew to you,Deep peace pure blue of the sky to you! –William Sharp, Dominion of Dreams: Under the […]
Deep Peace I Breathe Into You – Apr. 17, 2023
Deep peace I breathe into you,O weariness here:O ache here!Deep peace a soft white dove to you:Deep peace a quiet rain to you;Deep peace an ebbing wave to you! –William Sharp, Dominion of Dreams: Under the Dark Star, p. 423 [The reflective quotes this week are from a poem that appears in the 1895 novel Dominion of […]
High Fiving – Feb. 9, 2022
“I settled into the coffee shop (where, it seemed, every other black person in this town was [hiding], every one of them offering me some discreet version of the negreet-ing), took my notebooks out, and was reading over these delights, transcribing them into my computer. And while I was working, headphones on, swaying to the […]
