Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, discusses her new book “Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation”
Ed. Note: This prayer was written by Rev. Richard Deats, who joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation, in 1953 and served on FOR-USA’s national staff between 1972 to 2005. Throughout those 33 years Richard lived in Nyack, New York, and worked
FOR-USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, was asked to offer up a prayer and reflections on the morning of Jan. 20, 2021 (U.S. Inauguration Day for President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris) to an international online
Embed from Getty ImagesLies have consequences. The insurrection that was attempted as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives gathered to certify the election results on January 6, 2021 was incited by the President’s lies. The violence that ensued as
We struggle to stand
the whole world over
under the weight of incredible loss and grief.
May we utilize the serenity of this blessed winter season to journey deep within our own hearts. May we search our souls for the perfected reflection of our true being. May we release our differences into the chill of the
