by Rev Alisha

Tag: scripture

  • Liberation’s Way

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    Angel of YHWHYou are the pillar of cloudthat lights up the nightone with the darknessand one with our fright. Lead us awayfrom powers and politicsthat subdue and persuadeand guide us on dry landthe path to your freedomby Moses’ hand. Form a wall of gracefor the downcast and displaced:those we turn our backs towardsand those we…

  • God of the Darkness

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    God of the Darknesswho comes to uswhen the sun has setthe night has comeand the shadows of the world and our souls become one. You come to usin the wrestle of lifein the fight for a blessinggiving us a new namefrom the struggles we have enduredfrom the moment we were birthed. So let us, in…

  • the body is the epiphany

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    As we continue in our season of Epiphany, a season of pointing to Jesus’ divinity, we come to a story that reveals Jesus’ authority when, on the Sabbath day in Capernaum, he enters a synagogue in Mark 1:21-28. Here we see that Jesus teaches in a way that astounds his listeners, teaching them things not…

  • The Never-Ending Pentecost

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    There was a timeWhen all were mutewhen darkness fellwhen all was not wellIt was cold without lightand the darkness of night covered the spaces, the whispers and traces of hope we did not know. But with one blowone wild windone sparka fire set light to our flesh, our spirit, igniting the darkIgniting the liethat darkness…