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The 5th of July

July 5, 2020

This sermon was offered online on July 5, 2020 as part of the Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival and Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference #WhattotheSlave Initiative. Click here for the Poor People's Campaign Moral Justice Jubilee ... [Keep Reading...]

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New Seed

June 5, 2020

by Lisa Sharon Harper In 2007, on her death-bed, Carolyn Bryant confessed to Timothy Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett Till: Emmett Till never did anything. This is the story that plays on repeat in this nation; not once in a generation, but ... [Keep Reading...]

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Nostalgia and Repentance in the COVID Era

May 25, 2020

by Lisa Sharon Harper All over the U.S. this weekend, little girls held their father’s hands as they walked together through semi-crowded beach town streets and sat down for burgers and fries from local restaurants, glad to be open and receiving ... [Keep Reading...]

Categories: General, Politics

We Pray

April 11, 2020

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Holy God, hear our prayers. We enter Holy Saturday wading through the disequilibrium of unknowing, the grief of friends and family lost and the terror that we could be next. Righteous rage rises each day as primal screams greet televised ... [Keep Reading...]

Categories: Activism, General, Politics, Thoughts from the Journey

President Trump, COVID-19 is Not a Reason to Deny Asylum Seekers

March 19, 2020

Donald Trump is using national fear of COVID-19 to spin and justify further erosion of our democratic norms. He is turning away asylum seekers on our southern border.  His justification? Fear of a #COVID19 outbreak in detention centers. This is SPIN. ... [Keep Reading...]

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Constitution vs. Party: What Will Republican Senators Choose in the Impeachment Trial?

January 28, 2020

by Lisa Sharon Harper Will Republican Senators vote to see documents and hear witness testimonies in the U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial? If you haven’t been following things, that might seem like a crazy question. After all, it is a trial. The ... [Keep Reading...]

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