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Mary Donovan Turner | Read Isaiah 50:4-9
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Sign Up TodayToday’s passage comes from Isaiah’s third servant song. In the servant songs, Israel or the prophet testifies to the calling God has given—the calling to live out and bear witness to God’s presence in the world. In this song, the servant says, “The Lord God has given me the tongue...
Loving God, open our ears to hear the wisdom of those around us, those who are different from ourselves, perhaps even our enemies. Amen.
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Our resolve must be different. My prayer is that we have finally reached a tipping point. My hope is that when the protests fade and the marches slow that our will as a church to truly eradicate the scourge of racism won’t dissipate but grows even stronger.”
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