Faith, in Morrison’s novels, is about improvising a way toward freedom.

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** The holiness of Toni Morrison’s fictional worlds
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Faith, in Morrison’s novels, is about improvising a way toward freedom.
by Amy Frykholm
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** Tasting salvation during a fellowship meal at a maximum security prison
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None of us wants it to end, because we know we'll never see each other again.

by Isaac S. Villegas
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** A word that helps keep me rooted as the child of immigrants
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Nadhe is a longing and a hope, a heaven and a solid place on earth.

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** When our past sins come up
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There's no perfect way to atone, but humility is a good start.

by Peter W. Marty
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** Living by the Word for Sunday, September 29
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Conversion narratives raise a question: Why does it take so much to get there?

by Julian DeShazier
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** A prophetic ministry of relationship
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Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels

by Ian McFarland
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** Is the “final judgment” really final?
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What the Bible doesn't say about hell

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** Reparations is a spiritual issue
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No full reparation for slavery can ever be made. We should try anyway.

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** The intersection between blackness and whiteness
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Emily Bernard’s essays insist that no conversation is about race alone.

by Allie Lundblad
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