Alice Walker – Jackson Community Church

Reflections on beatitudes and blessings (themes from Matthew)

The leaf of every tree brings a message from the unseen world. Look, every falling leaf is a blessing. — Rumi SONGS about BLESSINGS: Be Not Afraid by Bob Dufford (Christian): https://youtu.be/BltudBGj8dg?feature=shared The Blessing by Karl Jobe & Cody Carnes (Christian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp6aygmvzM4 Blessings by Laura Story (Christian): https://youtu.be/XQan9L3yXjc?feature=shared Blessings on Blessings by The Newsboys (Christian): […]

Recognition of pride month (June). Before July arrives, in the midst of so many other national and global events, let us remember and celebrate Pride month.

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains. — Tennessee Williams Please remember, especially in these times of group-think and the right-on chorus, that no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right […]

Reflections on gratitude as a spiritual practice: final week of Taste & See series

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. ― Rumi Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a […]

Reflections & science of salt as sacred & essential element and as an image for spiritual practice: themes from Taste & See series.

Music about Salt of the Earth: Salt of the Earth by The Rolling Stones with video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOiLH-2hTPQ Salt and Light (Gospel song) by Rebekah Wolf video with words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPq8NUR5kJ0 Salt and Light (Gospel song) by Lauren Daigle video with words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyavoFYOxg Questions to consider: Who in your life do you consider to be ‘salt […]

Reflections on the fierce & protective love of a hen vs the predatory nature of a fox … choosing the unexpected, challenging expectations along the Way … themes from Luke 13

Her love of her children definitely resembles my love of mine. – Alice Walker Hen-Love It is one of those moments that will be engraved on my brain forever. For I really saw her. She was small and gray, flecked with black; so were her chicks. She had a healthy red comb and quick, light-brown eyes. She […]