The following statement is an outgrowth and co-creation of an ABCMNY Ministers Group, an informal community of regular and occasional participants, who have gathered weekly since the pandemic began in the Spring of 2020, for support, collaboration, and to discuss a variety of timely topics.
Read morePrayers for Peace in Charlotte Requested - Black Lives Matter!
African Americans there who were grandparents seemed to be experiencing post-traumatic stress syndrome. They recounted horror stories from decades past, and expressed their age-long hope that because they had gone through the targeting and violence so many years ago, that their children and grandchildren would not have to experience it themselves.
Read moreSpeak truth to our neighbors. Be angry but do not sin.
Our neighbors are not always who we think they are. So let us not grow tired in well-doing, but love God, especially now, with all of who we are, and seek always to recognize and love our neighbor as our own kin. Be angry, but don’t sin is the directive for us all.
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