December 18
…your body. The transcript for the video is available below. Access a transcript of the video here. Coke Tani is a liberatory spiritual director, body memoirist and teaching artist. She holds an MSW, MFA and MDiv, and can be found on Instagram: @CokeTani, Facebook: @Coke.Tani and at CokeTani.com. You can also meditate with the podcast version of…
December 17 - No One is Disposable
…and persistence, this promised vision of freedom is present at any moment. So church, how can we, guided by an Abolitionist God, move at the pace of belovedness? What if, from now on, we imagined our church budgets, policies, committee agendas and worship services as living, breathing homes for freedom rather than places where disposability culture prevails? Can we find…
What if the Spirit is a Breath?
On the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by police, Join the Movement invites us to take the time to remember the tragic and unjust losses of our precious kin and to notice how we continue to be called to join the movement of the Spirit toward racial justice.
An Indigenous Peoplesโ History of the United States
In this powerfully told counternarrative to a typical history of the United States, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a different story of this country told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples.
December 8
…everyone else, it’s invitational not compulsory. This agency is the freedom that God wants for all of us: an abolition vision of free, full-bodied, informed consent. Who knows how many others may have said no before her? We remember her because she said yes, but let’s not forget she could have said no. And, she knew it. Prayer Inviting…
December 15 - Signs and Wonders
…free. Schools are under siege, under-education and miseducation creating new forms of oppression for another generation of children. There is a need for emancipation, freedom from the cycles of racism, poverty, and oppression. There are enslaving patterns and abolition visions everywhere. During this Advent season, there are many signs already given to us. These signs point to God present with…
December 16 - On Punishment
…to dwell among us in flesh and bone, body and blood, we long to know you and your will fully and deeply. Keep us attentive to your dreams of restoration and redemption, your freedom songs, always unfolding in our midst. Come to us, abide with us, our beloved, Emmanuel. Amen. Artwork: “Abolish” by Yohana Junker (discover more at: https://www.yohanajunker.com/)…
December 20
…empathize with Palestinian pain, are convicted by our complicity in it, and ultimately choose solidarity with their liberation struggle. It comes down to whether we have tears to shed alongside them. Grief is important for transformation, same as water to a garden. Shame and denial are weeds that choke growth. Shouts of joy come with shining sunlight clearly, until all…
Racial Justice Sunday: Banned Books Blessing
…of God is dimmed. Without these books, our encounters with the amazing diversity of creation are incomplete, and our capacity for compassion across difference is stymied. Our love of God is limited because we do not have the chance to recognize all the ways the divine image is manifest in our world. We believe that banned books have a special…