Direct Experience

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  • A parent cradles the head of a toddler wearing pink footie pajamas.
    Prayer for Parenting in a Pandemic
    From WorshipWeb
    This is a prayer for the meltdowns, the missed naps, the many, many tears.
  • A view of the starry sky at night, straight up, through the silhouette of trees around the edges.
    The Changing and the Fixed
    From Braver/Wiser
    What once seemed certain is now unpredictable, even dangerous.
  • Two people, each playing a guitar, sit together and sing.
    These Days
    From WorshipWeb
    I miss singing, the way we trusted/the air that moved between us. I miss/the casual assumption that everything/would be all right in the morning.
  • the view from a plane's cockpit, with instruments lit up and a view of terrain and a rising sun through the cockpit window
    Ground Control
    From Braver/Wiser
    The most faithful, life-giving coping strategy—for me—is to attune to a voice calmer and wiser than mine.
  • From behind, a Japanese man in a suit holds the hand of a small girl in a school uniform as they walk to school.
    Minding the Gap
    From Braver/Wiser
    As I grew up, I picked up my parents’ attitude that there was not much to learn from popular culture.
  • Serious judge about to bang gavel on sounding block in the court room, with a US flag behind him
    Testimony and Truth
    From Braver/Wiser
    It often feels like we’re shouting into the void. It was a gift to be reminded that sometimes someone is listening.
  • Fist with a word cloud: liberate, empower, progress, transcend, let go, set free
    To Practice Love Is to Disrupt the Status Quo
    From WorshipWeb
    "I believe firmly that to practice love is to disrupt the status quo which is masquerading as peace." —posted on Austin Channing Brown's Instagram, June...
  • In a church pew, a Black woman leans forward with her hands clasped in prayer.
    Whiteness and "Power Over"
    From WorshipWeb
    I learned the hard way that there is a deep difference between the Jesus that Black folks worship and the Jesus that white Christians worship.
  • A woman speaks on a cell phone while, in the background, a child sleeps with a teddy bear
    So Far Apart and In This Together
    From Braver/Wiser
    I miss the way things were, and I know they’ll never really be the same.
  • At an outdoor protest, white people hold signs that say "Fight Racism" and "Make America Just + Fair."
    A Prayer for White People
    From WorshipWeb
    Sheltered in our homes, Or going to work, at risk, For week after week after week, We’re edgy, tired, a little raw. We are tender, vulnerable, Open. A...