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Toni Morrison’s Radical Model of Care for Black Single Mothers

In a 1989 interiew with Time reporter Bonnie Angelo, the late Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison was asked about her thoughts on “improving the present-day racial climate.” Morrison, in her eloquent and pointed way, navigates through a series of racially biased questions dressed up as “serious journalism.” …

Single Mothers

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Toni Morrison’s Radical Model of Care for Black Single Mothers
Toni Morrison’s Radical Model of Care for Black Single Mothers
Single Mothers

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Reclaiming the Dream: Single Mothers and the Power of Innovation

I found out I was pregnant with my daughter Easter weekend 2004. Though I had taken a pregnancy test at home and received a positive result, I went to the college campus infirmary the next day to be sure. …

Single Mothers

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Reclaiming the Dream: Single Mothers and the Art of Innovation
Reclaiming the Dream: Single Mothers and the Art of Innovation
Single Mothers

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Jan 25, 2022

Lengthen the Runway so Black Mothers Can Take Flight

Recently, I’ve become enthralled with aviation science and the role aircraft runways have in a plane’s ability to take off or land. As an avid traveler, I love the mind-boggling science behind how a 400 ton plane speeds down the runway at 150+ miles an hour and up into the…

Black Single Mother

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Lengthen the Runway so Black Mothers Can Take Flight
Lengthen the Runway so Black Mothers Can Take Flight
Black Single Mother

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·Dec 16, 2017

Day Fourteen.

Un-fucking-believable. Matthew 21:32. — “ John came to you showing you the right road. You turned up your noses at him, but the crooks and whores believed him. Even when you saw their changed lives, you didn’t care enough to change and believe him.” — Matthew 21:32, Message Version “Un-fucking-believable,” said the scowled-faced man…

Christianity

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Day Fourteen.
Day Fourteen.
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Published in #BurnItAllDown

·Dec 23, 2016

Day Twenty-Seven

Fucking/Hell. Galatians 3:13. — In Galatians 3, Paul is like an exasperated parent talking to his hardheaded children. …

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Day Twenty-Seven
Day Twenty-Seven
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·Nov 28, 2016

Day Two

Dam(n). Genesis 8:13–14 — “Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam Can’t you see it Can’t you feel it It’s all in the air I can’t stand the pressure much longer Hound dogs on my trail School children sitting in jail Black cat cross my path I…

Christianity

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Day Two
Day Two
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Mar 25, 2016

What Good Is This?

Last week, on Palm Sunday, my 11-year-old daughter was sitting around with a few of my friends from church and asked us a question: “Next Friday is Good Friday. Why is it called ‘Good Friday?’ There’s nothing really ‘good’ about it.” Me, a public theologian and seminary graduate, and three…

Christianity

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Christianity

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Mar 2, 2016

Help My Unbelief

This blog was originally posted on AlishaGordon.com For the last week or so I’ve been wrestling with the text of Mark 9:24. This line of Scripture is framed by the story of the demoniac boy whose father bum-rushes Jesus asking for Him to heal his son. The father had already…

Christianity

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Christianity

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Alisha L. Gordon

Alisha L. Gordon

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Writer | Reverend | Trap Music Enthusiast | ED of The Current Project | Social Justice Rabble-Rouser | ATL→NYC | NYTBS? http://thecurrentproject.org

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