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"Three Reasons Why You Should Watch the 'God and Country' Movie." substack post by Jemar Tisby.

Three Reasons You Should Watch the "God and Country" Film Join me for a special documentary screening hosted by Red, Wine, and Blue

We are thrilled to announce a one-time $500 scholarship for new students. To qualify for the scholarship, new students must be admitted and registered for the Fall 2024 semester and are receiving minimal financial support. We want to encourage those who desire to go to school but have minimal financial support. For more information contact [email protected]

“Racism and all of its relatives need to be banished from the planet, but it is not going anyplace except insofar as individuals stand up to it and declare their willingness to be on a healing journey.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, “The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning.”

Intentionally mispronouncing a black person's name is a classic racist trope.
Say her name - Kamala.

What JD Vance As Trump's VP Means The MAGA movement has its successor.

Memorial Celebration for the Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. James M. Lawson, Jr. - https://mailchi.mp/8200fa558b1c/join-us-this-sunday-in-memphis-nashville-10330131

This post is a few days old but is still worth the read.

On Statues, History, Politics, and Division Will future historians call our times the Second Great Iconoclastic Controversy?

Before you celebrate Juneteenth, remember why we needed it in the first place. You can’t appreciate the joy of Juneteenth unless you understand the sorrow of slavery.

As we mourn the passing of Rev. Dr. James Lawson, we celebrate a life well lived. A life dedicated to non-violence. A life dedicated to justice for all people. A life dedicated to God and to bringing into being the Beloved Community. Rest in honor and glory Jim Lawson. Well done good and faithful servant.

The Signposts Community is open and inclusive to all persons. We proudly stand alongside our LGBTQIA+ siblings and support them in their struggle for human rights.

Truth. And Trump advocated for these 5 innocent men to be executed.

In case anyone wonders what
NOT GUILTY looks like. ❤️

"We have been sent dangerously by God's address - called by name, entrusted with risky words and empowered with authority. We are to tell the truth openly, work for justice, and stand in solidarity with our neighbors. The cost is high, but the purposes are those of the Holy God."
- Walter Brueggemann, "Prayers For A Privileged People."

More from our 2024 Justice Pilgrimage.

"History is the long tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals my see the moral light and give up their unjust posture; but as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals. We know with painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, "Letter From A Birmingham Jail"

"We can either shrink back and demonstrate complicity in the face of racism or we can demonstrate courageous Christianity and confront it rather than compromise with racism.” - Jemar Tisby

So true.

A Virginia school board turns back the clock and embraces the racist past.

A Virginia School Board Reinstated Confederate Names on Local Schools Beyond shock and dismay, here are three lessons from this racist reversal.

For anyone who has participated in Signposts.

The Center for Faith and Imagination at MTS invites you to a Reunion of CFI Participants. If you attended a retreat, took part in a covenant group, or were a member of a Signposts group, we hope you will join us for a time of reflection and rejoicing.

Join us on Monday, May 20th from 11:30am-2:00pm at Mullins United Methodist Church. Lunch will be provided. Rev. Billy Vaughan will be our guest speaker.

Register to attend at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMxF9PCVssJP1Wbc9cDEQx8ADGlnpBFWMLQwZms-OxvkJ71g/viewform

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Turquoise and Lavender Institute The Turquoise and Lavender Institute for Transformation and Healing was founded by Dr. Catherine Meeks in January 2024. This Institute weaves together the individual and collective search for the threads of light leading to transformation and healing as we confront the forces that seek to keep us im...