Drop Your Guard

“The hardest part of boxing was not the punching ...” (David Gate)

Poems, IdeasDavid GateJune 14, 2021David Gate

Enneagram Beatitudes

9 Enneagram poems by David Gate.

Poems, DevotionalsDavid GateMay 7, 2021David Gate

Coping, Not Coping

A poem by David Gate.

Poems, DevotionalsDavid GateMay 4, 2021David Gate

Merging Two Parallel Movements

"The sixties birthed two movements in America: the civil rights movement and the contemporary worship movement. Sadly, they have run on separate tracks for sixty years." (Malcolm du Plessis)

Social ActivismMalcolm du PlessisFebruary 23, 2021Malcolm du Plessis

Here Comes This Dreamer

The title poem from Micah Bournes’ collection: “Here Comes This Dreamer.”

Poems, "Featured"Micah BournesJanuary 15, 2021Micah Bournes

White Supremacist Terror

“The eagle’s wing is broken … The bison lays bleeding.” (David Gate)

Poems, Social Activism, "Featured"David GateJanuary 11, 2021David Gate

The Kingdom Of God Does Not Belong To 2020

“It does not belong to this year or next ...” (David Gate)

Ideas, Poems, "Featured"David GateDecember 30, 2020David Gate

Dear Pastors

“Calls for unity will not erase complicity.” (Brandi Miller)

Social Activism, Ideas, "Featured"Brandi MillerNovember 7, 2020Brandi Miller

That Good Kind Of Trouble

“John the Baptist said Jesus would take an axe to every tree that needs to be uprooted. He is still doing that work today.” (David Gate)

Social Activism, Poems, Spoken Word, "Featured"Common HymnalSeptember 10, 2020David Gate

Una Vez Más

“Me recuerdas de nuestra historia, y que siempre hallas tu lugar en mi, una vez más.” (Ania Elizabeth)

Social Activism, Poems, Spoken Word, "Featured"Common HymnalAugust 17, 2020Ania Carr, Ryan James Carr, Kevin Dailey

God Will Heal Our Wounds (I Long For A World)

”I long for a world I may never see.” (Brittney Spencer)

I Don't Know Justice

"I don’t know Justice! And I have not met Peace." (Royce Lovett)

Social Activism, Spoken Word, "Featured"Royce LovettJuly 10, 2020Royce Lovett

Coalition For Praise and Protest Statement

"We are at a critical point in American history." (Coalition For Praise And Protest)

Social ActivismCommon HymnalJuly 6, 2020Brittney Spencer, Malcolm du Plessis

Waking Up

”Honestly and painfully I admit, I’ve been asleep at the proverbial wheel of the fight for justice in the U.S.” (Bobby Alexandre)

Social Activism, Spoken WordCommon HymnalJune 23, 2020Bobby Alexandre, Ryan James Carr

When Multiculturalism Trends...

"It will quickly become obvious to you that Common Hymnal is multi-ethnic." (Malcolm du Plessis)

Social Activism, "Featured"Malcolm du PlessisMay 26, 2020Malcolm du Plessis

The Emotions Came Back

"The emotions came back. I’m shivering with fear, rage, and fleeting bad intentions. My stomach is turning." (Bobby Alexandre)

Social ActivismBobby AlexandreMay 25, 2020Bobby Alexandre

Crucifix

"Last year I spent many Sundays leading music for a small Anglican church plant called Holy Trinity McKinney …" (Paul Demer)

DevotionalsPaul DemerMay 24, 2020Paul Demer

Standing On The Front Line Of Racial And Economic Equity

Our dear friend, Naomi Tutu, used ‘Rose Petals’ as part of a video presentation to her local church after Ahmaud Arbery’s murder.

Social ActivismNaomi TutuMay 12, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery

"Frozen. Everything is meaningless. Life stopped for him. Life should stop for everyone." (Bobby Alexandre)

Social ActivismBobby AlexandreMay 10, 2020Bobby Alexandre

Kairos Moment

Naomi Tutu reflects on the the Kairos Document created by church leaders in her home country, South Africa, in 1985 in a moment of crisis, and how we are in a Kairos moment here in the US in this time of catastrophe caused by Covid-19.

Social ActivismNaomi TutuApril 28, 2020Nontombi Tutu

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