Poetry

Hard Stories: Processing Devastation in Poetry

First posted on middleeastnews.org.uk, a blog contributed to by westerners commentating on living life in the Middle East. Follow their blog for interesting stories, poetry, recipes and applied theology.    There are many times when we have heard devastating stories from people’s lives.   I have been learning how to respond with love, faith, empathy and compassion.  …

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A funeral dirge for Bristol, the church and the enslaved – from the view of a Black woman

By Rosie Hopley The following piece was penned after the BLM protests, and the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol, UK. It was inspired after reading the book of Lamentations with a group of believers. A funeral dirge for Bristol, the church and the enslaved – from the view of a Black woman How …

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