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Category Archives: religion
God in Prison
“I Hollered at God” “I hollered at God,” Maria Elena told me as we began to drive my rental car towards the immigration office. Maria Elena continued, “Dear God, Where are you! If there is a God, where are you?” … Continue reading
Posted in hunger, Inequality, Injustice, Latino, Poverty, religion, Social Justice, Uncategorized
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God Smiled
The Child Who Spoke Poetry One moonless night, when we lived in rural New Mexico, I drove eleven-year-old Toni Jones home. As usual, she had spent the weekend with my husband, family, and me. It was a normal weekend. She … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Injustice, love. mother, murder, poverty, Prisons, Racism, religion
Tagged African American, children, God, grief, murder, poverty, Prostitution
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God Gave You a Big Mouth
Snake Running Loose The first time I visited Irene Mack Pyawasit, a Menominee Native Woman living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was in the early evening of one of the first days of spring in 1979. I drove into the alley of … Continue reading
The Crack in the Sky
Behind a Tree “When I was a little girl, and we were working as farm workers in Portage, Ohio, I remember that they had found workers stealing food from the comisario,” Maria Elena Lucas began. “We were hungry too, but … Continue reading
Posted in farm workers, Injustice, Latino, Mexican Americans, Poverty, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged children, farm workers, Latino, Mexican American, migrants, poetry, poverty, religion, spirituality
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