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Kathy's avatar

Jacqui - this is beautiful and right on. The house is on fire. We have to be the fire fighters. Right on and inspiring. Thank you.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Thank you Kathy!!

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Jim Puffer's avatar

"We all do better, when we all do better. "

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

So right, Jim. Umbuntu--I am who I am because you are who you are. We do best together!

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Peter Hedges's avatar

Thank you for every word.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Thank you Peter. So glad we found each other!

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Mary Cuellar's avatar

Thank you for these words of inspiration. These words move me forward.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

I am so delighted. So thankful to @AmsterdamNews for turning me on to this conversation about King.

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Jamie Kaufman's avatar

Thank you so much, for your consistent and fierce insistance on Agape Love as the way!

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Jamie, so glad we are in this together. ❤️

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Come Sit By Me's avatar

For some reason this reminds me of an interview with Prof Loretta J Ross on Christine Amanpour..it can be found on utube..probably because she knows about the 'burning house'. So much wisdom in the interview. Thank you for writing this..it so revealing of the struggles of real change makers.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Thank you. I wish I had known King; I wish I could have been in these conversations.

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Elizabeth's avatar

This what I needed to read this morning. Thank you for sharing.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Thank you so much Elizabeth.

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Ms Dolan's avatar

God bless you and keep you safe for speaking truth. Your words provide a lifeboat to a sinking nation. Thank you for your leadership.❤️

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

I am so humbled by this note. Thank you.

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Phyllis Watts's avatar

Jacqui, I cry and my heart races as I read this. I seem so helpless, 72 yrs in VERY small Arkansas town. I am WITH you, but how do I be WITH you, fighting this fire? My voice, so insignificant.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Phyllis your voice is one gift you have. Share what you read and what inspires you with friends. Find your people and amplify each other's voices. Sending love.

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Andre Robinson's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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BlackExpat25's avatar

I’m going to have to fight these fires from afar. I have spent 40 years of my 54 years being a firefighter. Time to rest. Moving overseas and wishing my home country well during this dark period of history. My ancestors build the world. I plan to go and see more of it before my knees give out. America doesn’t deserve anymore of my brilliance.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

OOOOOh, this sounds good. Time for sabbath and rest is part of the fighting. Pray for us.

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kasperhauser's avatar

How tired are black women of being the moral conscience of America? I'm way on the outside and I'm tired *for* them. But I'm also swimming in despair lately.

I am so tired of waiting.

Aren’t you,

for the world to become good

and beautiful and kind?

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

I am so tired. I am SOOOOO tired. and I am impatient. So I'm going to swim toward the shore, and look for goodness there. Sending you love and hope that we can overcome.

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Ian Thomas's avatar

Was just thinking that poor ppl in other nations have learned to band together and support one another. That’s why civil resistance works so much better in other places, bc they are unified.

If we stopped the culture wars and focused on class solidarity, we could stand against the evil greedy dragons destroying our nation and our planet.

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

It's a good thought Ian....

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis's avatar

Thank you for this thoughtful reply. Mountain with the power of love pushing it up. I love that.

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