Today is #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay. The #Lucaya people (who are a branch of the #Arawak / #Taino peoples) populated the Bahamian islands including #GrandBahama were our coral farm operates. They were the first inhabitants of the Americas encountered by Christopher Columbus

By 1513 as many as 40,000 Lucayans may have been carried off in slavery by conquistadors. By 1520, the Spanish could find only eleven Lucayans in all of the #Bahamas. Thereafter the Bahamas remained uninhabited for 130 years.

And over 80 other Methodist denominations!

🇧🇸#Bahamas, general election results : Prime Minister Hubert Minnis (FNM) conceded conceded defeat after early results showed the PLP taking a comfortable lead. He also said he will lead the FNM into the House of Assembly as leader of the Opposition.

Pray for the Bahamas as they transition governments amidst struggles bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #fb

What just happened… #Oscars

I remember standing in the IA Capitol explaining what an ectopic pregnancy was to my then State Sen. (he didn’t know how proposed abortion restrictions would impact, because he didn’t know what it was)…and I thought, “why is he the one making these decisions?” #runforoffice

Family, hate has NEVER driven out hate. Guard your heart. Take care with your energy. Be a part of love-centered, strategic efforts. Don’t become unjust in your approach to injustice. Have an ultimate goal that steadies you. Mine is creating the Beloved Community.

Dear God, dear God, dear God, dear God, be swift to aid. Hold the grieving. Touch the minds of the traumatized. Make truth plain. Amplify the words of the wise over the cacophony of the politicized. Open fresh sets of eyes to see the catastrophic consequence of white supremacy.

Racism is so deeply embedded in America that when we protest racism they think we’re protesting America.

The soul is the most basic level of life in the individual, and one that is by nature rooted in God. We must take care to do whatever we can to keep it in His hands, recognizing all the while that we can only do this with His help. - Renovation of the Heart p. 207

As disciples (literally students) of Jesus, our goal is to learn to be like him. We begin by trusting him to receive us as we are. But our confidence in him leads us toward the same kind of faith he had, a faith that made it possible for him to act as he did. #DallasWillard

And on the third day…. #antiracismsummit #wpaumc #unitedwomenoffaith #gcorr #beumc instagram.com/p/CkBPQqUOcLOo…

Hi friends, if you see a new friend request on other platforms from Stephanie Gottschalk-Whyte, it is legit. I was hacked and deleted. #fyi

It is also means 15 years of contacts, photos, and memories were deleted. Request me if you want to remain connected, tag me in old photos, suggest mutual friends. #hacked

Cancel the game… prayers for Damar.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Munich Security Conference "No crisis happens in isolation. In a world of converging and overlapping crises, we need a shared, coherent and equitable global approach to shared, global health threats"-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

"To reduce the distance between God and us, we can start giving thanks. The more we give thanks, the closer we get to God." —Reshmisadhana Y. R. (Tamil Nadu, India)

I’ve been off Twitter like it’s an X for a bit and am preparing to delete this account BUT where is the alternative? Tribel is too one-note political. Got any suggestions?