Mutually composed by the SOULTRUST collective, which includes Melva Sampson, David Anderson Hooker, Ronnie Galvin, Stephen Lewis, Michael Wright, and Melvin Bray. . "I [tell you a] beautiful mystery, my friends. Trees become seeds, that then become ...
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  1. Thank God, He's Not Here: An Easter Tale
  2. Devils... Pharaohs... Herods... Presidents
  3. A DACA Christmas
  4. Occupy Bethlehem: A Nativity Story
  5. How to Tell Better Sacred Myths
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Thank God, He's Not Here: An Easter Tale

Mutually composed by the SOULTRUST collective, which includes Melva Sampson, David Anderson Hooker, Ronnie Galvin, Stephen Lewis, Michael Wright, and Melvin Bray

"I [tell you a] beautiful mystery, my friends. Trees become seeds, that then become trees, that bear their own fruit, and others get to feast off the fruit of their spirits."

The elderly woman made her way...

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Devils... Pharaohs... Herods... Presidents

"So the dragon was enraged with the woman,
and went to make war with the rest of her
children." Revelation 12


"What are our orders, Captain?"

"Keep them out!"

"Who out?"

"That caravan of messengers! Those invading hoards!"

"What kind of weapon is that? The light, it's blinding! I can't see!"


("...For unto you is born this day....")


"DAMN! It's too late."

...

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A DACA Christmas


"There arose a king... who knew not Joseph [or his family]." Exodus 1


I

It had happened so many times before. Circumstances had arisen that compelled a father to take unfathomable risks to protect his family. In reference to some, it would innocently be called "migration," "pilgrimage," "fleeing persecution," or even "entrepreneurship". In reference to others, it was...

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Occupy Bethlehem: A Nativity Story

I

"Move on you good-for-nothings! You cannot occupy this space. This is the marketplace, the seat of commerce. Just because ninety-nine percent of you are lazy and don't want to work, don't blame those of us who do for your woes," the merchant blustered. "Now get out of my way! So I can make the most of all these extra people in Bethlehem today."

"How dare you talk to...

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How to Tell Better Sacred Myths

Here's a quote from Faith Forward: A Dialogue on Children Youth & A New Kind of Christianity that offers 6 steps in telling more beautiful, more just, more virtuous sacred myths.

"Russell [Rathbun] and I took people through a reading of a common scripture narrative, giving them these directions:
  1. Read the passage for what it says and doesn’t say.
  2. Think about...

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