Dear God, In the effort to dismantle racism, I understand that I struggle not merely against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities – those institutions and systems that keep racism alive by perpetuating the lie that some members of our family are inferior and others superior. Create in me a new mind and […]
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Good and gracious God,Who loves and delights in all people,we stand in awe before You,knowing that the spark of life within each person on earth is the spark of your divine life. Differences among cultures and races are multicolored manifestations of Your Light. May our hearts and minds be open to celebrate similarities and differences […]
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O Lord our God, in your mercy and kindness, no thought of ours is left unnoticed, no desire or concern ignored. You have proven that blessings abound when we fall on our knees in prayer, and so we turn to you in our hour of need. Surrounded by violence and cries for justice, we hear […]
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Good and gracious God, you invite us to recognize and reverence your divine image and likeness in our neighbor. Enable us to see the reality of racism and free us to challenge and uproot it from our society, our world and ourselves. This we pray.
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Let us not rush to the language of healing, before understanding the fullness of the injury and the depth of the wound. Let us not rush to offer a bandaid, when the gaping wound requires surgery and complete reconstruction. Let us not offer false equivalencies, thereby diminishing the particular pain being felt in a particular […]
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When our eyes do not see the gravity of racial justice,Shake us from our slumber and open our eyes, O Lord. When out of fear we are frozen into inaction,Give us a spirit of bravery, O Lord. When we try our best but say the wrong things,Give us a spirit of humility, O Lord. When […]
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Lord, help me wallow in my discomfort,Stew in my unease,Sit with my disquiet. As we journey through thisRacialized pandemic,Harmful leadership,SeeingClear inequities,Anger,Hurt.Aid us in our focus. How are we people for and with others?Help us open our eyesAs we look at our own faculty, our staff, our boards, our students.What do they look like?What voices are absent? Help us […]
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I could not comprehend how a crime this heinous, committed by an officer of the law, can happen in modern day America, and yet I knew it has been happening in one way or another for 400 years. I was so angry, and at the same time felt somewhat helpless, knowing that I could never […]
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