Deepening Your Spiritual Journey
Explore reflections that inspire growth, challenge your beliefs, and connect you more profoundly with your faith community.
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Love, Freedom, and Human Flourishing: Supporting Basic Psychological Needs in the Black Freedom Movement
Cornel West, Frederick Douglass, and Audre Lorde, represented together as thinkers of freedom, dignity, and human flourishing. Love, Freedom, and Human Flourishing: Supporting Basic Psychological Needs in the Black Freedom Movement By Craig Goodwin-Ortiz…
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Still Pledging: Rhythm, Justice, and the Fire That Would Not Die
A reflection on Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, the prophetic tradition, and the fire for justice that began in childhood. What started as a twelve-year-old’s love for humanity has become a deeper Christian vocation:…
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A Note on my Discernment
Not a different call, but a fuller one. Not away from the world, but deeper into it.
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Throwing Off His Cloak
“Throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.” Sometimes the first step of faith is letting go of the need to control where God is leading.
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Prophet in the Pulpit, Martyr at the Altar: The Witness of Óscar Romero
Archbishop Óscar Romero was not seeking martyrdom—he was seeking justice. In the final years of his life, he became a prophetic voice in a nation torn by violence, offering truth from the pulpit and…
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Choosing Love in a Broken World: Bearing Witness to Palestine
“`html Choosing Love in a Broken World: Bearing Witness to Palestine Choosing Love in a Broken World: Bearing Witness to Palestine Posted by Craig • January 24, 2026 There are moments when violence stops…
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Choosing Love in a Broken World
The bell of mindfulness calls me to pause at the threshold between fear and love. On one side of that threshold is a world shaped by violence, scarcity, and hardened hearts. On the other…
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The Still Small Voice in a World of Empires
If we truly care about justice and human dignity, then occupying a country and announcing that we will “run it” should trouble us deeply. God’s voice does not shout with empire. It speaks quietly,…
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From Dominion to Restoration: Reading Genesis Slowly
The opening chapters of Scripture spend time forming an understanding of humanity’s purpose before addressing human failure. They ground human life in the earth itself and emphasize relationship, responsibility, and vocation. Reading Genesis slowly…