So many stories about African-American communities have not been told. So many indignities, so many victories, so much pride, so much solidarity, so many tales have not been shared. I am totally in favor of focusing on black history — I just think the focus needs to extend far beyond a single month.
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Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey,
YOU are welcome HERE!
Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey,
YOU are welcome HERE!
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By Lisa Hall Pastor Andrea and I attended an interfaith meeting at B’nai Israel on January 9 to learn about congregations joining to sponsor a Syrian refugee family. Representatives of Jewish Family Services and Acentria (formerly Lutheran Family Services) spoke and answered questions. These two agencies are contracted with the federal government to resettle refugees in western Massachusetts. The agencies don’t choose…
In her book Breathing New Life into Lent, Rev. Donna Schaper writes, “The spiritual goal for Lent is to admit our need for Lent. Just to admit our need. For Lent, the desert time, and for the promise contained in desert time.”
A cookbook published by Interlink Books of Northampton called “Soup for Syria” aims to raise funds for the 3.8 million refugees displaced by the civil war there. In it, author and photographer Barbara Abdeni Massaud has assembled recipes contributed by international chefs and illustrated them not only with pictures of inviting bowls of soup, but also with appealing portraits of Syrian refugees,…
In addition to the Black Lives Matter movement, the efforts being made to combat the violence and verbal hostility against blacks, immigrants, and Muslims in this country now includes a campaign launched by the progressive group, MoveOn.Org and joined by more than 700 progessive groups and thousands of individuals. It is called: “We Are Better Than This” and it directly addresses the…