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“Blessed are the pure in heart: For they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8) Let’s keep our hearts strong and pure for justice and equity. If we stick with our love and longing for equity–never wavering–I believe we will see God at work with us, in our struggles, our communities, in our land. Praying for thisContinue reading “Pure Heart”

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” (Matthew 5:7) This teaching from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount counsels us to forgive others and we will be forgiven. As a white person in the U.S., I know there is much that I hope to be forgiven for. Not in order to keep going alongContinue reading “Forgiveness & Mercy”

Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness… and justice and love and morality and equity. THEY WILL BE FILLED! These folks and their hunger and thirst are so important, so necessary, for us to actually get there. And build a NEW world of equity, love, and justice for all. Let’s BE and lift up theseContinue reading “Hunger & Thirst for It”

Today’s post is another artwork relating to the Poor People’s Campaign and its National Poor People and Low Wage Workers Assembly on 6/21/21. This piece illustrates the slogan “A NEW AND UNSETTLING FORCE.” To me, this slogan epitomizes the hope and strength and power we the people can BE and have when we come togetherContinue reading “A New & Unsettling Force”

Here I continue the look at people who will benefit from and thrive in God’s New World of Equity… (working with Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and in particular The Beatitudes). Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5). They will experience an earth with true justice for all,Continue reading “Mighty Meekness”

Hi there! Here’s another post of artwork relating to the Poor People’s Campaign and its National Poor People and Low Wage Workers Assembly on 6/21/21. This piece illustrates the slogan “Forward Together! Not One Step Back!” I really like this slogan because of the unity it embodies, and it calls out the perseverance, dedication, andContinue reading “Forward Together!”

Hi! I’m going to be joining online with the #PoorPeoplesCampaign on Monday 6/21/21 at 5:30pm ET for the National Poor People and Low Wage Workers Assembly to demand a #3rdReconstruction that lifts from the bottom up, so that everybody rises! Today I participated in a virtual Art Build meeting and made several art works illustratingContinue reading “Everybody Rises!”

This collage looks at “they that mourn,” and again, lifting up Jesus’ teachings in The Beatitudes, proclaims that such people are blessed “for they shall be comforted.” In God’s Kingdom, the New World of Equity, people who are mourning will be heard and respected. Lives will improve and change for the better. So many ofContinue reading “Those Who Mourn”

This collage looks at who will benefit from or be especially blessed in God’s New World of Equity… All people will rise and be lifted up, but some of the people scripture mentions in particular are those described in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (in The Beatitudes). Here I focus on “the poor in spirit.”Continue reading “This trouble won’t last always!”

This collage reminds us of Jesus’ teaching (and commandment to us) to love other people as we love ourselves, in fact as we ourselves want to be loved. It also recalls the tasks Isaiah set before us when he prophesied: “If you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,Continue reading “Love Your Neighbor”