Reading Huey, Dunbar and Deuteronomy.. Moving from the season of Black Futures to the time of Lent.
Read MoreThe Beatitudes in Black. Celebrating Toni and Audre day, and more of our Ancestors whose lights cannot be dimmed.
Read MoreIt’s Black Love week! Celebrating Frederick, remembering the blinding of Isaac Woodard, seeking the safe space of Wisdom’s Temple. Black history is a history labored through in love.
Read MoreThe Afro Future holds hands with Black Liberation History. We welcome Black Heritage Month with reflections on the Baptism of John the Baptist, respect and remembrance for Rosa, Langston, Trayvon.
Read MoreSowing seeds in the ground of the good news, honoring the womb-like darkness that nurtures us by wisdom. Crying out #JUSTICEFORTYRE . No matter how dark the night, the Lord’s revealing light will always be bright.
Read MoreHow God reveals what a seer cannot perceive! Meditate through the words of Audre Lorde, and learn the story of Balaam from the Bible.
Read MoreEpiphany season. This week our lesson centers a story of the many magi, and two Kings, Herod and Jesus. What are the core motives of these kings? How does God reveal whose star we should follow? Celebrating the holiday of Dr. King Day as we learn, pray and connect.
Read MoreCelebrating the season of Epiphany - the time of remembrance and celebration of Jesus our Emmanuel (God with us) whom we see revealed as the light of the world.
Read MoreToday we celebrate many Soul Holidays: New Year’s Day and the last day of Kwanzaa. For people in the Christian faith, we are also still in the Christmas Season. Today we think about the important role that faith plays in our lives, for spiritual health and for connection to our communities, especially in believing in the full liberation of Black people.
Read MoreHanari gani? KUUMBA - creativity! All of creation is a work of art. How are you holding up this principle today?
Read MorePurpose is communal and deeply personal. Purpose is broad and meaningful for all our people, and our struggle. Study the principle of Nia : purpose on day five of Kwanzaa!
Read MoreHabari gani? Today’s news is all about economic security and community support for Black thriving through principled struggle. What does cooperative economics mean for your community?
Read MoreHabari gani? What’s the news? On the third day of Kwanzaa we uplift Ujima - Collective Work and Responsibility.
Read MoreThe second day of Kwanzaa holds a time for us to learn the principle self determination.
Read MoreHabari gani? What news? How are you celebrating the first principle of the Nguzo Saba?
Read MoreThis Christmas, join us for the reading of the story of Jesus’s birth. Share the meditation and time of prayer focusing on knowing ourselves and our communities to be God’s dwelling place.
Read MoreIt’s Love week! We are praying with our ancestor bell hooks who passed away in December 2021. Psalm 22 guides our readings as we bring all that we are to God. We bring our worship, hopes and adoration, as well as our fears and concerns to God, because God has told us we are loved. God has told us we are not alone, and God has told us that love will make us feel at home.
Read MoreIt’s Joy week in our Advent Season! This joy we have. Empire didn't give it, nothing can take it away. Celebrate Ella Baker day with us this week and mediate on the joy of the Lord in Psalm 47.
Read MoreOur meditation this advent season is a grasping at God’s peace. And we must keep grasping, y’all. We must keep reaching. Keep singing, keep fighting, keep resisting, until we realize the Holy Spirit who dances in Congo Square has already given us the power that is peace of mind.
Read MoreThe Season of Advent leads us to focus on some crucial aspects of our faith. Hope, this week’s theme, it is a state of being that helps us to wait on God’s answer when we raise our petitions or file our complaints.
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