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A Reflection: The dignity of a name
A reflection on the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder – Rev. Lusa Nsenga Ngoy, 25 May 2021 What keeps us from sleeping1is that they have threatened us with Resurrection!Because every eveningthough weary of killings,an endless inventory since 1954,yet we go on loving lifeand do not accept their death! They have threatened us with ResurrectionBecause we…
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The Dignity of a Name
A guest blog by Rev. Lusa Nsenga Ngoy – 25 May 2021 Think back for a moment to the days when death squads operated in countries like Argentina or El Salvador: Christians there developed a very dramatic way of celebrating their faith, their hope and their resistance. At the liturgy, someone would call out the…
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A Prayer for Sankofa
Father, humble us as we come before you. Search our hearts and reveal to us all the hidden fears, distrust, lies and hate we have absorbed that cause us to put up walls and barriers to protect us from a perceived threat. Help us to listen to the voices that say things are not as…
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A Prayer of Lament
God of justice God of the oppressed God of the broken hearted The One before whom all creation bows God, my people have suffered They have suffered for a long time They have been in pain Beaten Imprisoned Used Abused Ripped from community Conquered Trampled Mocked Enslaved Violated And so much more We are tired.…
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Hidden Sins: Are we as self-aware as we like to think?
“But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from wilful sins; may they not rule over me.” Psalm 19: 12-13 What if we’re not as self-aware as we like to think we are? Sometimes we come quickly to ask for forgiveness for wilful sins, other times we come…
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Welcome to the Sankofa Collective
We’re a community of Christians passionate about racial justice. We started meeting together as a core team some months after the murder of George Floyd. As we gathered we kept coming back to the need for us to know our history and the powerful role that repentance & lament held in the racial justice and reconciliation…
Sankofa Collective
walking with the UK church to racial reconciliation