Carnivals: Diversity in America
I stood under a canopy of strung lights and watched the carnival-goers mill about before me. The air was heavy with thick summer humidity…
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Facebook Window – Status by Natalie Patterson
I typically avoid police officers. I have found it safer to just not be near people with guns, regardless of the organization or gang…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: How to Write the Great American Novel
“I’m a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald. Probably…
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The Enemy Within – An Essay by Julie Clark
Again hate and fear are splashed across the pages of our newspapers, our screens, and our hearts. How is our world continuing to spiral…
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Earth Day 2016!
It’s Earth Day 2016! Earth Day was created in 1970, and this year celebrates its 46th year according to the official site, www.earthday.org. Also according…
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Study, Stereotyping and Stories – A Perth University Library
It’s not all shushing. Sometimes the best stories can’t be found on a shelf.
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Good Friday: Seeing Christ in a Child
Caught between the Greek and Macedonian border… *
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Holy Thursday: Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You trust in God. Trust also in me.” – Jesus John 14:1 What about when violence seems…
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Recap – Faith, Justice & Action: Race Relations in America, 2016
It was encouraging that sixteen men and women joined together a couple of weeks ago on Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, to talk about one of…
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A Week in Perth Without Internet
Today marks one week since our internet connection perished. In one week, a new culture formed in our flat. We became more social, we…
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BLACK LIVES MATTER | Basquiat, Cypress Hill, and Kendrick Lamar
When I think of the early 1980’s, I think of a “gritty” time, but in terms of race relations in the U.S., somehow a…
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Fuller Seminary Presents: A Conversation on Race, Faith & Justice with Jim Wallis
Last week on February 26th, I was happy to attend a panel discussion sponsored by Fuller Seminary held in the very historic Second Baptist…
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