As I made my way through every Oscar nominee for Best Picture the past couple of months, the movie American Fiction stood out as one of my favorites. It stars the incomparable Jeffrey Wright as a struggling author who becomes so frustrated with what kind of Black art sells that he fires off a satiricalContinue reading “Johnnie Walker Spirituality”
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A Prayer from a Mountain Dwelling
based on Mark 9:2-9 Faithful God, I really like it here. In my little hut up on high, I’m warm and safe. This is my spot for thinking wonderful things about what I’ve seen of you. There’s nothing here to challenge or expand or add to those thoughts. And yet I have a sense thatContinue reading “A Prayer from a Mountain Dwelling”
A Prayer at the Beginning
based on Genesis 1:1-2:4a Faithful God……who filled the void with form……the shadow with light……the sky with sun, moon, and stars……the soil with plants……the water, land, and sky with creatures of all kinds……and humanity with breath… …fill us again with your Spirit as we tend to all you have made, including ourselves. Amen.
Jeffrey A. Nelson 