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The Priest Who Touched the Untouchable

In 1873, a young Belgian priest named Father Damien de Veuster stepped off a cargo ship onto the shores of Molokai, Hawaii — a place...

Isaiah 42:1-9Universal

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The Teacher Who Refused to Give Up

In 2019, a high school English teacher in Nashville named Clara Johnson noticed a student named Marcus sitting in the back row, hood up, headphones...

Isaiah 42:1-9Universal

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Black Church Tradition Lens Commentary: Isaiah 1:10-17

We read Isaiah 1:10-17 as a prophetic call to justice and sincere worship. The passage condemns empty religious rituals disconnected from the pursuit of justice, reminding us that God is not pleased with worship that ignores the plight of the oppressed. We see in this text a divine mandate to align

Isaiah 1:10-17Black Churchprophetic witnessdeliverance

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Applying Kindness - Teaching Material

As we reflect on Isaiah 40:31, we find a promise that those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not...

Isaiah 40:31Black Church

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The Grocery Run on Ash Wednesday

For three years, the women's Bible study at Redeemer Church in Tulsa fasted every Wednesday during Lent. They skipped lunch, gathered in the fellowship hall,...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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Called Before She Knew It

In 2019, a journalism student named Darnella Frazier was walking her nine-year-old cousin to Cup Foods, a corner store in Minneapolis. She had no grand...

Isaiah 49:1-6Universal

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The Roof That Came Off in Shreveport

In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina scattered thousands of displaced families across Louisiana, a small congregation in Shreveport called Greater St. Mary Baptist Church faced a...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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The Hand She Never Expected to Hold

In 1947, Corrie ten Boom stood in a church basement in Munich, having just spoken about God's forgiveness to a crowd of defeated, hollow-eyed Germans....

Isaiah 43:16-21Universal

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The Vineyard on Elm Street

In 2019, Marcus Coleman bought a neglected lot on Elm Street in Detroit and poured everything into it. He tested the soil, hauled away rocks...

Isaiah 5:1-7Universal

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Dorothy Day and the Bread Line on Mott Street

During the Great Depression, Dorothy Day stood on Mott Street in Lower Manhattan, ladling soup to a line that stretched around the block. She had...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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The Surgeon's Hands

Dr. Elena Vasquez had performed over three thousand surgeries at Chicago's Cook County Hospital, but the one she remembers most happened on a Tuesday in...

Isaiah 53:5Universal

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Finding God in Digital Discipleship

In the ever-changing landscape of our digital age, the challenge of Digital Discipleship can often feel overwhelming, much like the Israelites navigating the wilderness. Imagine a young woman named Sarah, who recently moved to a bustling city. Alone in her...

Isaiah 58:6-7Arminian/Wesleyan

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The Seamstress of Calais

In 2015, when thousands of refugees huddled in the mud of the Calais "Jungle" camp in northern France, local churches organized prayer vigils. They sang...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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The Summer the Wells Ran Dry

In the summer of 2012, farmers across southwest Kansas watched their fields turn to powder. Daryl Hestand, a third-generation wheat grower outside of Sublette, walked...

Isaiah 64:1-9Universal

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The Free Man's New Name

In September 1838, a twenty-year-old man stepped off a train in New York City wearing a borrowed sailor's uniform and carrying forged papers. Frederick Bailey...

Isaiah 62:1-5Universal

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The Vacant Lot on Brewster Avenue

For eleven years, the corner of Brewster and Fifth in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood was a scar — broken concrete, syringes, knee-high weeds choking out anything...

Isaiah 55:10-13Universal

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Selma: The Suffering Servant Who Marches for Freedom - Black Church (Isaiah 53)

As the sun struggled to rise on that fateful day in Selma, Alabama, the air was thick with tension and resolve. The marchers gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a formidable structure that would soon become a...

Isaiah 53Universal

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The Garden Behind the Condemned House

In 2019, a small congregation in Flint, Michigan, had been holding weekly prayer vigils about the water crisis for nearly four years. They fasted. They...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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Elizabeth Fry and the Women of Newgate

In 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of Newgate Prison in London and found nearly three hundred women and children crammed into two...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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The Coat Closet at Grace Avenue

For three years, the congregation at Grace Avenue Community Church held a January fast. They posted their prayer schedules online, printed devotional booklets, and filled...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

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The Name on the Jersey

In 2019, a foster care organization in Phoenix called Foster Arizona hosted an event they named "Draft Day." Modeled after the NFL draft, families who...

Isaiah 62:1-5Universal

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The Arrow Nobody Wanted to Fire

In 2009, a high school counselor in Baltimore told Howard Schultz's story to a room of discouraged seniors. Schultz grew up in the Bayview Housing...

Isaiah 49:1-7Universal

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Roman Catholic Lens Commentary: Isaiah 58:6-7 (True Fasting)

We read Isaiah 58:6-7 as a call to authentic worship, which demands not only ritual observance but also a life of charity and justice. The Catholic tradition sees this passage as prefiguring the sacramental life of the Church, where true fasting is not merely abstaining from food but participating i

Isaiah 58:6-7 (True Fasting)Roman Catholicsacramentality of creationthe Eucharist as source and summit

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Black Church Tradition Lens Commentary: Isaiah 58:6-7 (True Fasting)

We read Isaiah 58:6-7 as a clarion call to a true fast that aligns with God's liberating work. This passage demands action — to loose the chains of injustice and to break every yoke — reflecting God's heart for deliverance and freedom. We see in this text a divine mandate to care for the oppressed a

Isaiah 58:6-7 (True Fasting)Black Churchliberationjustice

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