We all reach a moment in our lives when we have simply had enough. For far too long, we have tolerated pain, injustice, heartache, or whatever else and are simply ready to do something about it. In that moment, we are ready to act, ready to be a catalyst for change, ready to make a …
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Currently, I am reading "The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda." As the title suggests, it is a book that describes the atrocities that occurred in both Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990's, and the lengths that both countries took to get their nation on a path to peace and reconciliation. …
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I believe that the Bible is the unadulterated Word of God. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, it carries the power to instruct us in the way that we should go, rebuke us when we have fallen short of the glory of God, and teach us every other thing in between. A book of such significance …
A few months after my husband and I got married in 2009, we went to Milwaukee to visit my family over the Christmas season. As much as I wanted to get out and do a few things around the city, it snowed a lot that year. Coupled with my pregnancy and all types of sickness …
Over the years, I have tirelessly lamented over the state of the Church and our inability to see the connection between our faith and our actions, especially concerning issues of injustice. And perhaps, some, and maybe even you, have grown tired of my rants - believing that I am way off my rocker, somewhere over …
I recently wrote about the relationship between the oppressed and the perpetrators, sharing that those who have been oppressed have to be willing to surrender their notions of being a victim in order for true reconciliation and healing to be achieved. But why in the world would people who have experienced such injustice want to do that? …
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Ebony Johanna 