Yet the beauty of it is learning that all of those pieces, even the painful ones, fit perfectly together to create the masterpiece that is me. Stories, pain, conflict, joy, resilience, creativity, courage, and even anger have all brushed their unique strokes and colors onto the canvas of my life and invite me into an opportunity to become whole as I welcome all of the pieces of myself.
And one year later, I find myself also holding 제사 for these women who were killed—I did not know them personally, but they were my ummas, my imos, my sisters. I want to remember them and I want them to be remembered—not for how their life on earth came to an end, but for how they lived.
When I began to fully lament the ways that my own Asian identity had been minimized... I was met with the God that cries out for injustice too.
AACC staff members share their prayers for this consequential day. May you and your community be centered in the Father’s love and peace today and in the days to come.
As we near a critical election, now is the time for the church to act—through prayer, fasting, and repentance.
Most faith traditions have failed to teach us how to lament. Now is an opportunity for us to center our communal grief.
How one church community is actively fighting racism through prayer, lament, awareness, and relationship building.
This virus knows no geographical boundaries, and is no respecter of persons or identities. In the face of this pandemic, may we find shelter in the generous mercy and love of God our Savior and Deliverer.
Like many of you, we dropped to our knees during the darkest hours of the night and cried out to the Lord. When our hearts were finally stilled, the word we heard like a whisper was “push in prayer.”