Linda Beatrice Brown
Gold Beneath the Shadows
Gold Beneath the Shadows There is a reason we find gold hidden deep beneath the shadows. Old shadows cover treasure, and treasure can be...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
Juneteenth: The Holiness of the Holiday
Juneteenth: The Holiness of the Holiday Holiday-(from Old English; halig (holy) daeg (day) This is a holy holiday. The day they removed...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
Waiting for the Bright
Waiting for the Bright A Prayer The dark times hover as if they have life eternal, storm clouds that will never dissipate. This overcast...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
Because the Flowers Came
Because the Flowers Came May - June 2022 What does it mean that flowers came in spite of carnage? That the Voice that calls this blue...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Doors to the Way Out
Doors to the Way Out This door opens to the birth of confusion and the reality of loss. This door opens to the road to certainty and to...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Blue Mug
The Blue Mug Cold day. I fill my favorite mug, sipping the coffee that brings warmth. The heat lasts in this cup. Remembering. My dad...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jan 1, 2022
- 2 min
Fancy Footwork: A Dialogue With The Lord of the Dance: Living in Pandemic Two
Fancy Footwork: A Dialogue With The Lord of the Dance Living in Pandemic Two Sometimes we have the music and no steps. Sometimes we have...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Prayer For A Season of Planting
Prayer For A Season of Planting “I may not get there with you, but we as a people will get to the Promised Land.” --Martin Luther King...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
To Speak Upon the Ashes
To Speak Upon the Ashes “Then I will speak upon the ashes”* --Sojourner Truth After the burning what? Didn’t we believe if we sang the...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Covid Wilderness
Covid Wilderness I am reminded of the ancient tradition of going into the desert to find God, going away from worldly things hoping to...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
I Am From Folks Who Won’t Turn Back
I Am From Folks Who Won’t Turn Back (Black History Month 2021) Today I celebrate the ancestors. I am from the brave, the discouraged, the...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
This Winter - January 2021
This Winter January 2021 Waiting in winter is not a happy thing, or even exciting, not like waiting for a taxi when you leave for a trip,...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jan 26, 2021
- 1 min
They Stood On the Bridge: An Allegory for All of Us
They Stood On the Bridge: An Allegory for All of Us They stood on the bridge, the red sky behind them. This time it was cosmic. This time...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
Sankofa
Sankofa* (On the occasion of the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as President of the United States of America) Winged one, wise one, bird...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Prayer for the New Year
Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Prayer for the New Year “And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.” Psalm 81:16 Magnificent...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Holy Days
Holy Days This is a season of dark, unexpected, unknown, and beyond expectation. A season that stretches our faith and grows our...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
Treasures in the Cave
Treasures in the Cave What if we just admit that we’re tired? Tired of being without, being lonely, being patient, being brave. Tired of...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Dec 8, 2020
- 2 min
A Holiday Wish
A Holiday Wish Christmas is the time for telling stories. Remember, we were told that good would always triumph? That most of us are...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
A Little Time to Pray
A Little Time to Pray (“Been in the storm so long. Give me a little time to pray”—African American spiritual) I’m talking to God a lot...
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Linda Beatrice Brown
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
A Homing Device For the year 2020
A Homing Device For the year 2020 The mist is heavy, and thickening. There is noise in the distance, a tangle of murmuring, a cacophony...
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