“Silent Witnesses and Cosmic Whispers”
The northern lights above the graveyard at the Búðakirkja (also known as the black church) in Budir, Iceland.
#iceland #icelandphotography #icelandlandscape #blackchurch #northernlights #graveyard #cemetery #icelandaurora #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #landscapephotographer #Nature #NaturePhotography #naturephotographer #OurPlanetDaily #EarthFocus #photographer
“The Northern Lights”
The northern lights over Búoakirkja (also known as the black church) in Budir, Iceland during our 10 day trip this month. This is the most photographed church in Iceland.
See for more: https://darkglassphotography.smugmug.com/Iceland
And North Carolina NAACP head and professor in the Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy and founding director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School William J. Barber II states,
"It may take mass call-ins…. It may take mass nonviolent actions. It may take mass pray-ins…. But that's all right. Whatever it takes…. The lies and the greed cannot have the last word."
#Musk #Trump #destruction #resistance #workers #firings #BlackChurch #BlackChristians
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Speaking of resistance, Dan Froomkin zeroes in on the strong resistance to Musk-Trump being fostered in Black churches, where African Methodist Episcopal bishop Reginald Jackson states,
"As faith leaders, we must remind our sisters and brothers that resistance is a sacred duty."
#Musk #Trump #destruction #resistance #workers #firings #BlackChurch #BlackChristians
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https://www.headsupnews.org/p/boycott-target-and-other-marching
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III on the Marvel character #LukeCage and what he can teach us about where the #blackchurch finds itself today and how it can rise to the moment. https://buff.ly/4b5NEjd
Kirk Franklin and Jamal Bryant are leading the charge in voter empowerment with Project 5-5-5 and their impactful tour. Find out how their efforts are inspiring change across the nation in our latest blog post!
https://whenwespeaktv.com/blog/kirk-franklin-and-jamal-bryant-empower-voters-nationwide/
Iceland Road Trip - the final part
Kirkjufell - too cloudy!
The black church at Búðir
The volcanos at Grábrók
[Video] '#Devious’: #DonaldTrump criticized for ‘#airbrushing #Black #people’ into fake #AfricanAmerican #church event
#Media inaccurately portrayed Trump's "#Blackchurch" #event, where the #Detroit church crowd was mostly #white.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Propaganda #RepublicanParty #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #BlackMastodon
I'm not anti-theist, but I am a spiritual naturalist. Fifty years ago, William James' Varieties of Religious Experience inspired me to look beyond my culture and appreciate the wisdom and beauty of many supernatural traditions.
There are Secular Jews who are accepted and respected by their people, so I have always found it odd how the concept of Secular Black people is so often objected to along with a relentless and intellectually dishonest Dignity Politics that doesn't logically conform to values Christ taught.
#BlackMastodon #BlackChurch #DignityPolitics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/
https://www.snsociety.org/about-sns/what-is-spiritual-naturalism/
The moment I demand that another accept as fact, what I chose to believe by faith, I deny them the same freedom to believe or not that I claim for myself.
The epistemology of supernatural belief (faith) and the epistemology of Naturalism (evidentiary science) are different tools for application in different domains.
I don't care what religion another subscribes to, What I object to is the implicit coercion of making decisions, laws, policy based on supernatural beliefs in a pluralistic democracy.
If Claudia Allen chooses to believe scripture is history based on her faith, that is her right of religious freedom, but to propagandize her faith as historic fact to others, is intellectually dishonest and promotes a cultural norm of othering that is irrefutably harmful and destructive to millions of people.
Why are Black people still Christian?
Garrison Hayes
@garrisonhayes
#BlackMastodon #BlackChurch #RespectabilityPolitics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKSF1huXOuw
@RealJournalism
I was surprised not to have thought of it myself but learned this week that the #Republican party's pivot to being
anti- #Abortion was the result of a #GOP strategist recommendation -
The goal was to split #Catholic folks away from the #CivilRights movement
I see the #Antitrans 
as a similar wedge, aimed at the #gender - conservative #BlackChurch & #Latinx communities
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackChurch @blackmastodon
I'm posting the links. The conversation could be characterized as controversial in some parts, but that was OK with us. Also, the sound is janky in parts. Everyone was having equipment issues and we didn't have time to reschedule. Most of it is pretty clear. Take a listen and let me know what you think. 2.2
YT: https://youtu.be/OWoZVAr9L98
Website: https://nubiantigerspodcast.com/challenges-for-todays-black-church/ website
Spotify for Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nubian-tigers/episodes/Challenges-for-Toadys-Black-Church-e2fvc5s (spotify)
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackChurch @blackmastodon
Hey folks. If you remember last year I posted a survey on issues Black folks won't talk about. Since then I've been trying to get someone to come on the podcast and talk about them! I wanted a faith based person because they have the hardest time talking about sensitive issues. Whew! It took 8 months of begging and pleading and being ghosted repeatedly, but we finally got a minister to come on the show.
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¡#HolaCiencia! #Blackchurch rock es un impresionante conjunto de arcos y puentes en el condado de Devon, Reino Unido, sólo accesible con la marea baja. Contiene numerosos fósiles de goniatites • vía GeologyyScience/TW #VideoCiencia go.argus/IG
Yale’s Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church unites scholars, practitioners, and students in study — and celebration — of Black sacred music.
https://news.yale.edu/2023/03/01/joyful-noise-spotlighting-global-influence-black-sacred-music
