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To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle

December 6, 2016 No Comments

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle. It does not seem right or fair. With there being a God for all of us, it seems like wrestling, struggling, ought not be necessary –at least not ongoing wrestling. We get the impression by reading the Bible that Jacob wrestled with the angel, wrestled

Water Protectors Prevail!

December 5, 2016 No Comments

Yesterday was a day that Standing Rock Sioux tribal elders had called for a national interfaith day of prayer. Those prayers rolled into celebrations as news was received that the Army Corps of Engineers would deny an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake Oahe while an environmental impact study is done. “We wholeheartedly support the decision of

Water Protectors Prevail!

December 5, 2016 No Comments

Yesterday was a day that Standing Rock Sioux tribal elders had called for a national interfaith day of prayer. Those prayers rolled into celebrations as news was received that the Army Corps of Engineers would deny an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake Oahe while an environmental impact study is done. “We wholeheartedly support the decision of

Water Protectors vs. Water Cannons

November 30, 2016 No Comments

On the heels of increasingly severe human rights violations against the water protectors of Standing Rock, the Army Corps of Engineers released a statement that on Dec. 5 that they plan to shut down the Oceti Sakowin camp — the primary camp where water protectors and allies have been resisting the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months now. Gov. Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota

Water Protectors vs. Water Cannons

November 30, 2016 No Comments

On the heels of increasingly severe human rights violations against the water protectors of Standing Rock, the Army Corps of Engineers released a statement that on Dec. 5 that they plan to shut down the Oceti Sakowin camp — the primary camp where water protectors and allies have been resisting the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months now. Gov. Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota

Why We Must Sing

November 29, 2016 No Comments

There is, simply, power in music that cannot be ignored. The chords, the lyrics and the tempo of songs mix together in an indescribable way which buoy our souls and give us strength for the journey, no matter how difficult and painful that journey might be. I was struck in studying how students, on their way to Mississippi where eventually,