White Supremacy

A woman stands behind a wire fence - if we listen to her story will there be forgiveness — The Chaos of Our Time, Listening, and Forgiveness
Chaos and the Naivete of Forgiveness Given the chaos breaking out across our nation and in the world, […]

November 10, 2018 in Political Events and Recovery tagged Accountability / Beloved Community / Forgiveness / Healing / Listening / Love / White Supremacy by Barbara Stevens

Leif Erikson in his ship pointing to land - who first came to America — Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Arriving in a New Land This year, what in some parts of the country is still called Columbus […]

October 6, 2018 in Reflections on Holidays tagged Christopher Columbus / Historical Trauma / Indigenous Peoples' Day / Integrity / White Supremacy by Barbara Stevens

Muslim women holding up a sign saying "Love Hate" and "we the people" - encouraging us to change our bias towards them by Vlad Tchompalov — Reducing Our Bias
Cognitive Bias We humans are stuck with this thing called cognitive bias. Because of the way our brains […]

August 26, 2017 in Political Events and Recovery tagged Beloved Community / Bias / Love / prejudice / White Supremacy by Barbara Stevens

stones-by-deniz-altindas-from-unsplash — The Search for Enlightenment
Asking Questions Who wants to be enlightened? When I first thought about this topic, I assumed everyone wanted […]

June 10, 2017 in Spiritual and Emotional Themes tagged Enlightenment / Happiness / Racism / Suffering / White Supremacy by Barbara Stevens

Old Mexican woman covering her face with her hands - the sadness of white supremacy, temptation, and the promise of Lent — Lent, Temptation, and Our White Supremacy Culture
Lent, Temptation, and Life Events Our topic this week is temptation. Originally I thought I would connect this […]

April 2, 2017 in Reflections on Holidays tagged Abuse / Jesus / Lent / Recovery / temptation / White Supremacy by Barbara Stevens