December 10
…wilderness callings: to be voices crying out for freedom for all bodies; to be path-clearers of obstacles to your dream of ever-expanding love; to be messengers of the day of joy and delight that is surely coming for us all. Amen. Artwork: “Peace, Freedom, Solidarity” by Jessica Thornton. Used with permission CC BY-NC-ND Find more at Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative…
December 24 - Enflesh
…brown, red, yellow, and white hues beautiful, beloved, and blessed. Abolition restores, redeems, heals, and recreates. Abolition is Love born of the will of God, made flesh among us. May it be so. Ashe. Amen. Prayer Inhale: In love, the Word becomes flesh. Exhale: Through me, the Word becomes abolition. Artwork: “Enflesh” by Yohana Junker (discover more at: https://www.yohanajunker.com/)…
A Special Gift for Your Abolition Advent
As part of your Abolition Advent practice in community this season, we invite you to join the national social impact campaign for the short film All I See is the Future from our partners at Odyssey Impact. Rooted in a transformational story of abolition dreams and practice, the goal of the All I See is the Future impact campaign is…
Become a Poll Chaplain/Peacekeeper
Join our partner, Faiths United to Save Democracy (FUSD) and get trained to serve as a poll chaplain for the 2024 election. Along with FUSD, we believe that everyone is created in the image of God and deserves to vote in free, fair, and safe elections. With violence threatened at the polls in many states during the 2024 Elections, multifaith,…
December 19
…and apartheid that persist for generations, empower us to rise in solidarity with our siblings around the world, supporting the work of partners, and seeking to abolish such systems, that the freedom of all may be proclaimed. Amen. Artwork: “May Every Star Protect Palestine” by Jess X Snow. Used with permission CC BY-NC-ND Find more at Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative…
The Truth Behind “We the People”
In this TedX talk, the son of an American woman of Dutch heritage and a Navajo man, Mark Charles offers a unique perspective on how the Doctrine of Discovery has been used throughout the history of the United States to keep “We the People” from including all the people.
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 25
…for the video is available below. Receive the blessings of Love-Made-Flesh in and with your body this Christmas. 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…
Local Church Campaign
This toolkit is aimed at helping local churches discover ways to Join the Movement toward Racial Justice. It includes, worship resources, sample newsletter and social media posts, mission/justice moment scripts, invitations to generosity and more.