America has cowered in the drudgery of racism and bigotry for 400+ years. Colonialism and white supremacy have violently shaped systems, including education, across the globe. What we teach NOW matters. Our children are influenced by the hate OR the love we give. Choices.

The greatest discouragement is on the edge of victory.

This is horrific and unacceptable. And these are certainly not isolated incidents in America.

#ThisIsAmerica. But it truly doesn't have to be. We must fight. We must speak out. We must stand up.

Dear Christians: We’ve mastered rituals and religion; and are passionate about our conferences and conventions. But we are consistently anemic in Love. Love is authentic worship. Love wouldn’t place or leave immigrant children in inhumane detention centers.

Sometimes it’s not a loss. It’s just God helping you clean house.

Prayers for everyone in Los Angeles tonight. May all hearts be comforted, all bodies be safe, and the earth itself be still.

"A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.” ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

ICYMI: A federal appeals court upheld a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in Cook County, Ill. –– affirming a lower court's decision that found the regulations to be constitutional. n.pr/32ohv1H

Remember to hydrate people!

I'm really grateful that I spent time in an organization that taught me real difficult messy inspiring beautiful tiring exciting grassroots organizing. I wish everyone on our side had that chance.

NEW EPISODE: Traci Blackmon challenges spiritual leaders to notice the holy ground under our own feet and calls on us to find our home in the streets, jails and protest lines. #PropheticResistance #BushesAreBurningAllAround cc Michael-Ray Mathews State of Florida v. George Zimmerman ... propheticresistancepodcast.libsyn.com/episode-17-sea…

More Than a Year in, Jeff Sessions Continues to Wage an Unjust War on Drugs and Poverty truth-out.org/news/item/4363…

Albuquerque's Mayor Tim Keller signed an executive order asking the city to devise a plan to end its untested rape kit backlog. That backlog, he says, goes back more than 30 years. Watch the full report: youtu.be/_WMyxuH5f1c

“What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.” #MLK

Faithfulness demands repentance of #slaveholderreligion, challenging Christian nationalism & #ReconstructingtheGospel to build up love & justice. vimeo.com/259701691

We don’t have to and shouldn’t engage everything that seeks to engage us. Think high. Love deep. We have a critical work to do. Be wise with your energy.

If a woman owns her own voice without apology, she is likely to be seen by some as grandiose or arrogant. That is the kind of subtle, internalized misogyny that all of us - women as well as men – need to be aware of.

Get outta your head and be present - the moments you prayed for are happening nonw.

You are born to master everything that you will.