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And while we are waiting the long years it may take for God to break open our prisons and change the heart of nations, God is always with us, hearing our prayers, accompanying us on our journey, sharing in our suffering. Isaiah and ‘em need to go on over to the First Church of the Tea Party Patriots. Let not our expressions of gratitude to God for his late goodness and mercy to our countrymen, be confined to this day, nor to this house: let us carry grateful hearts with us to our places of abode, and to our daily occupations; and let praise and thanksgivings ascend daily to the throne of grace, in our families, and in our closets, for what God has done for our African brethren. . It is the spirit of Jesus, his spirit within us, that matters most. He has served the church as a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences, and he was also a member of the Judicial Council, the highest judicial body of The United Methodist Church. And those plagues are hounded, challenged, diminished, transformed and rejected in our time by many of those who have benefitted from them and as well as by those of us who have borne its burdens.

Return to my homepage. Every homeless person is related to somebody. Isaiah describes a situation where instead of being focused on God – in the text it is a fast day – the people were focused on themselves and as a result were unjust in their dealings with others but never missed fast or feast day. Some were poorer and hungrier than others.

The great and blessed event, which we have this day met to celebrate, is a striking proof, that the God of heaven and earth is the same, yesterday, and to-day, and for ever…He has heard the prayers that have ascended from the hearts of his people; and he has, as in the case of his ancient and chosen people the Jews, come down to deliver our suffering country–men from the hands of their oppressors. They needed some ‘hood theology. Larry is also an attorney who is concerned about merging justice and mercy as a framework for ministry. See you at church! I discuss these issues with you this morning because they are historically relevant. But when Jesus pointed the question directly to Simon Peter, he replied that he thought Jesus was the Christ, the son of the living God. Some folk have made a career out of blaming folk for the terrible things that befall them. If anybody out there needs help with your cross, give praise to the Lord, and He will help you to bear your cross!”, “God chose black hands and wooly hair to perform an act that all the truly wise and all the truly great…Godly men of the earth would have been overjoyed to perform: bearing the Cross of Jesus Christ.”, “The Ethiopian secretary of the treasury was to pass in his chariot…this Ethiopian nobleman heard and believed the gospel, and after being baptized, this nobleman went back to Ethiopia to form the Abyssinian Church that exists until this day. The trip that they made was called ‘The Middle Passage’.

Judah could say the king used to make all those decisions; now we have a Persian governor. But the text is talking about more than that. We are called to tear off every yoke, every shackle that imprisons. History of Hymns: 'My Lord, What a Morning'.

(Cf: Yerushalmi Pesachim 27b, Bavli Kiddushin 33a, Gittin 11a and Sanhedrin 100a.) This morning, instead of dealing with the modern age, I want to deal with the time of Jesus and maybe even a little before.

Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”. We had what we could call black, white and mongoloid. In Babylon, Israel’s captors asked them for words of songs and their tormentors for joy saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” In America and the Caribbean, our ancestors’ captors asked them for songs and minstrelsy, saying, “Sing us one of those Negro Spirituals.” How could they sing the song of the God of Mt.

to give them a wreath instead of refuse,

I am pleased to announce "Plenty Good Room! The Spirit who thunders like mighty waters, crashes like breaking rocks and speaks in a small, still voice – the sound of sheer silence. He is a native of Chicago. …preach to the captives, liberty, Jesus did not just come down to save one group of people. In the bible, in the first few chapters of Genesis, we find that Noah had three sons.

This Gospel is that God’s love for the woman-born was manifested in God, Godself, becoming woman-born, for the redemption and liberation of all the woman-born from every oppression and from death itself. It is the spirit of Jesus and the inspiration of His Holy Spirit which can guide us, watch over us and protect us.

From then on, the name of Babylon would be linked with the Jewish theological tradition in the form of the Babylonian Talmud. I hope you find his words, thoughts, and insights to be both inspiring and challenging in your work of preaching during this month in which we celebrate the witness and contributions of African Americans in The United Methodist Church. For me, Black History Month is a time of reflection, rejoicing, and .

He has served as a pastor in urban and suburban settings and as the Ecumenical Staff Officer of The United Methodist Church.

Ex 46:20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath bat Potiphera, priest of On, gave birth to for him.

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A liberal congregation 175 years young, with a long history of justice work to build a better world. I discuss them because there are people who would like to deny our history and tradition, many of whom look and talk like us, many who don't, therefore, creating less of a sense of pride in who we are and what our people have accomplished.

The spirit embodied in fire and cloud leading her people from slavery to freedom.

Rabbi Shimon bar Lakhish says in Bavli Bechoroth 45b: Lavan lo yisa’ lavanah sh’me’ yatza’ lahem boheq, shachor lo yisa’ sh’chorah sh’me’ yatza’ lahen t’fuach. For you see, the real black church is the church in general. to bind up the brokenhearted, The world needs this Gospel, this good news.

We and the Judeans have the same issues. to comfort all who mourn; Migration.

But all we have to do is accept his gift of sacrifice.

In 1907, Elder Mason went to Los Angeles and participated in the Azuza Revival and received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.”, “Scores of white ministers obtained ministerial credentials from Elder Mason from the Church of God In Christ.

If anyone can teach us today how to look to Jesus in the midst of suffering, it is our African American brothers and sisters from Black Church History. They transformed Babylon and left their own stamp on its culture. Melanie Morel-Ensminger from the First UU Church of New Orleans.

We operate out of multiple identities at a time. For you see, the real black church is the church in general. When Jesus was talking to the disciples, he was curious as to who the people he had encountered thought he was.

A time we are supposed to take to specially recognize the achievements of our black brothers and sisters who made great strides and sacrifices on behalf of us all. Others may be more aware of my Christian identity than I am myself at this moment.

This is his twenty-ninth year of serving The United Methodist Church in ordained ministry. Slavery. He came down into the United States, when they declared, in the constitution which they framed in 1788, that the trade in our African fellow-men, should cease in the year 1808: He came down into the British Parliament, when they passed a law to put an end to the same iniquitous trade in May, 1807…. Boheq means “bright” and “brilliant” and “beautiful” in reference to jewels and candlelight and Sarah’s beauty and the brilliance of scholars across the tradition. on foreign ground? It is an especially timely word before Lent: Why do we fast, but you do not see? Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching by Frank A Thomas. We participate in and benefit from a system where workers in China and Indonesia make our electronic gadgets and tennis shoes at slave wages. – are like eshcara-wood neither black nor white but of an intermediate shade. The agency connects leaders with needed resourcing, training, consulting, and networking that support spiritual… Our worship is diverse and vibrant and spiritual, and there is plenty of hands-on work to do. Listen: God is going to bring it to pass!”, “If you hold on to God, if you trust God: ‘Seek ye first the Kingdom of god and His righteousness, and all of these things shall be added unto you.”, “Child of God, I just came by to tell you that God has great miracles in store for you!”, “If Joseph were here, and if he could testify, he would say to you, ‘Don’t ever give up on your dream: don’t ever give up on your vision.”.

That’s where we should be. We have been made to believe that Jesus, like everyone else in the Bible were of this so-called white race.

Our neighborhoods are broken. If they do not remember, from whence they came… If we do not remember, from whence we came… There’s no place like home.