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Category: Lament

Lament: When We do not Love Truth

January 13, 2021 stjohnschurchnh

By Gabe Lepage, Racial Justice Fellowship member– CHALLENGE: Capitol rioters and false claims to truth REFLECTION: To be Christian is to love truth. The looting

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Lament: Capitol Riots and False Gospel

January 10, 2021 stjohnschurchnh

By Jennifer Brown–(presented during coffee hour sharing time on Jan. 10, 2021) CHALLENGE: The most disturbing part of Wednesday’s insurrection (Jan. 6, 2021) for me

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Lament: Where is the Love?

January 5, 2021 stjohnschurchnh

A musical lament, posted by Paul Smith on the STJ Facebook page.

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Lament: Discriminating against Those in Jail

December 23, 2020 stjohnschurchnh

By Rebecca Lewis, STJ vestry member— CHALLENGE (Becoming aware): As we celebrate the approval of COVID vaccines and await their rollout, it is important to remember

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Lament: Grappling with a Legacy of Shame

October 20, 2020 wdrowley

– by Bill Rowley Challenge Growing up, I knew of only one illustrious ancestor, a general in the Continental Army during the Revolution. One year,

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Lament: Forbidden Prayer

October 9, 2020 stjohnschurchnh

By Karen Mahan CHALLENGE. I’ve been listening to Dr. Anita Philips on the “African American tradition of prayer.” (See link below). She speaks of the

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Lament: Voter Suppression

October 2, 2020 jbrown

By Jennifer B. CHALLENGE. Until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the majority of Southern African Americans were prevented from voting by

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Lament: Re-Examining Family History

September 25, 2020 stjohnschurchnh

By John Hare— Challenge. In my last sermon, which was about wrestling with God, I talked about an example from British history, and the transatlantic

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Lament for a Cruel History

September 17, 2020 stjohnschurchnh

By Michele Sigg– Challenge Strange FruitSung by Billie Holiday Southern trees bear a strange fruitBlood on the leaves and blood at the rootBlack bodies swingin’

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Lament: Housing Disparity and Racism

September 6, 2020 stjohnschurchnh

By Shancia J.— Challenge:  Housing advocates struggle to debunk stigmas that suggest that inviting low-income households and families of color into wealthy suburban communities depreciates

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Lament as a Spiritual Discipline

August 30, 2020 stjohnschurchnh

By Michele Sigg.—The Spirit of God has been at work in our community in the past several months, stirring in our hearts a searching desire

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  • In Honor of MLK January 18, 2021
  • Lament: When We do not Love Truth January 13, 2021
  • Lament: Capitol Riots and False Gospel January 10, 2021
  • Lament: Where is the Love? January 5, 2021
  • The Micah 6:8 Commitment January 1, 2021

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