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Black Church Tradition Illustrations

Liberation, exodus, and prophetic justice rooted in the African American church tradition.

Key question: “How does this text speak to the experiences of suffering, hope, and liberation within the Black community?”

24,094 sermon illustrations through the Black Church Tradition lens

Poetry

Manhattan Streets I Saunter’d, Pondering.

1 MANHATTAN’S streets I saunter’d, pondering, On time, space, reality—on such as these, and abreast with them, prudence. 2 After all, the last explanation remains to be made about prudence; Little and large alike drop quietly aside from the prudence that suits immortality.

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Walt Whitman

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Poetry

The Canterbury Tales. The Sompnour's Tale.

THE PROLOGUE.

From "January"

Supper removed, the mother sits, And tells her tales by starts and fits.

The Vision of Judgment. by Quevedo Redivivus

SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAT TYLER." "A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word." [_Merchant of Venice_, act iv. 1, lines 218, 336.

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George Gordon, Lord Byron

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Poetry

Ode to Naples

I stood within the City disinterred; And heard the autumnal leaves like light footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets; and heard The Mountain's slumberous voice at intervals Thrill through those roofless halls; The oracular thunder penetrating shook The listening...

Fragment: 'O Thou Immortal Deity'

O thou immortal deity Whose throne is in the depth of human thought, I do adjure thy power and thee By all that man may be, by all that he is not, By all that he has been and yet must be!

Lines Written on a Blank Leaf of _the Pleasures of Memory_

Absent or present, still to thee, My friend, what magic spells belong! As all can tell, who share, like me, In turn thy converse, and thy song.

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George Gordon, Lord Byron

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Poetry

'Twould ease -- a Butterfly --

'Twould ease -- a Butterfly -- Elate -- a Bee -- Thou'rt neither -- Neither -- thy capacity -- But, Blossom, were I, I would...

We talked as Girls do --

We talked as Girls do -- Fond, and late -- We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave -- Of ours, none affair --...

Go not too near a House of Rose --

Go not too near a House of Rose -- The depredation of a Breeze -- Or inundation of a Dew Alarms its walls away --...

Fragment: 'Is It That in Some Brighter Sphere'

Is it that in some brighter sphere We part from friends we meet with here? Or do we see the Future pass Over the Present's dusky glass?

Thel's Motto

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit? Or wilt thou go ask the Mole: Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod? Or Love in a golden bowl?

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William Blake

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On This Day: John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the y

1/20 (1961): John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Roman Catholic.

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Poetry

Fragment: 'A Gentle Story of Two Lovers Young'

A gentle story of two lovers young, Who met in innocence and died in sorrow, And of one selfish heart, whose rancour clung Like curses on them; are ye slow to borrow The lore of truth from such a tale?

Peace is a fiction of our Faith --

Peace is a fiction of our Faith -- The Bells a Winter Night Bearing the Neighbor out of Sound That never did alight.

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Emily Dickinson

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On This Day: The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.

1/15 (1966): The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.

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On This Day: The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Cr

1/1 (1772): The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.

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Poetry

Fragment: Beauty's Halo

Thy beauty hangs around thee like Splendour around the moon-- Thy voice, as silver bells that strike Upon

Our journey had advanced --

Our journey had advanced -- Our feet were almost come To that odd Fork in Being's Road -- Eternity -- by Term -- Our pace...

I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --

I cannot meet the Spring unmoved -- I feel the old desire -- A Hurry with a lingering, mixed, A Warrant to be fair --...

Fragment: 'I Stood upon a Heaven-Cleaving Turret'

I stood upon a heaven-cleaving turret Which overlooked a wide Metropolis-- And in the temple of my heart my Spirit Lay prostrate, and with parted lips did kiss The dust of Desolations hearth-- And with a voice too faint to...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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On This Day: The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balk

1/20 (1877): The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

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Poetry

Winter is good -- his Hoar Delights

Winter is good -- his Hoar Delights Italic flavor yield To Intellects inebriate With Summer, or the World -- Generic as a Quarry And hearty...

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Emily Dickinson

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On This Day: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next d

Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

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