Wisdom Wednesday: Civil rights activist Linda Sarsour on faith in social justice
“We must believe in our hearts, but we must also act with our tongues, hands, and feet."
“We must believe in our hearts, but we must also act with our tongues, hands, and feet."
Their stories include the ravages of war, life before and after moving to Louisville as refugees and immigrants, the foster care system, juvenile detention, motherhood, and many other challenges and triumphs.
"Hence the way of peace is the way of truth, of fidelity to wholeness and being, which implies a basic respect for life not as concept..."
“We need to hear from other people to know the boundaries of the map. Every time we listen to someone, we hear from someone, we’re adding another piece to the map — another piece of our understanding of what it means to live this life together.”
Enjoy this a Gospel performance of “The Lord Is Holy (Bless Ye The Lord)” by St. Stephen Choir from the Night of a Thousand Stars event during the 1997 Festival of Faiths!
Merton on the spiritual life: “There are no tricks and no shortcuts..."
“I do think part of my call is not only to preach women’s stories, but it is to construct new ways of doing worship, of doing liturgy that decentralizes patriarchy.”
“It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as God's will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head..."
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This week’s #WisdomWednesday highlights the words of Ambassador Shabazz during the 2015 [...]