#Lent2016 Day 3: Fast from collecting praise. I’m working through the #lent book 40 Days of Decrease by Alicia Britt Chole, and today’s #fast is not to deflect praise through self deprecation (as I often do,) but to redirect praise to #God, like John the Baptist did. “John decreased so
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These are the qualities I’m attracting to myself for #NoRegrets Day 2 of #Lent2016: Reciprocity, emotional support, to be loved in the way I ask for it, safety, security, joy, understanding
Lent 2016: Giving Up Regret
I’m reading through 40 Days of Decrease this lent, fasting something new each day. Today’s fast is regret. The author Alicia Britt Chole writes, “When fresh beginnings are stalked by the memories of stale endings, a sickly substance can steal our strength: regret. Regret empties anticipation, flattens dreams, and suffocates hope,
“My child, please remember, you are but dust and to dust you shall return. Go in peace.” These were the words whispered over me by a Catholic priest at my first AshWednesday service. What perspective for my hurt ego, my broken heart, my disappointments and setbacks…they’re all but dust. And so
EBONY: Your album ends with the title track, “The Revolution Has Come,” and it’s so hopeful. You declare “We’ve already won.” How do you maintain hope in the face of a history, a present and a future that seems very unhopeful? REV. SEKOU: That’s part of what it means to
Ash Wednesday and the Beauty in Burnt Things
Ash Wednesday and the Beauty in Burnt Things The start of my #Lent2016 journey