Tikkun (https://www.tikkun.org/author/a_elvertondixonv/)
In this essay, Valerie Elverton Dixon says that to call President Trump and senate Republicans liars, hypocrites, thieves, and cheats is not a judgment, rather it is a description. She reminds us of the wisdom of Proverbs that says when the wicked rule the people groan.
In this homage to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Valerie Elverton Dixon says that blind justice is not justice at all and we each have a responsibility to dissent when we see injustice.
In this letter to Generation Z, Valerie Elverton Dixon remembers the actress Diana Rigg and encourages a new generation of voters to vote from a place or love and duty in order to find grace within themselves.
Valerie Elverton Dixon argues that a “fundamental self-evident truth is human beings have an inalienable right to have power over their own bodies. Human beings have a right to be respected and secure in their persons.”
The ethics of Maat requires human beings to live lives dedicated to truth, justice, and righteousness. In this essay, Valerie Elverton Dixon shows how C.T. Vivian and John Lewis lived lives of Maat.
Inspired by a painting by George Seurat and the musical “Sunday in the Park With George”, Valerie Elverton Dixon uses colors to describe a Sunday afternoon during this pandemic and thinks about the moral demand and the sacrifice of touch that the pandemic requires. In the end, compassion will make humanity better for generations to come.
Valerie Elverton Dixon shares her thoughts about life and death.
Valerie Elverton Dixon describes her anger with the presidential candidates and with the public debate that is not addressing the People’s Agenda, especially the problems of low-wealth cities.
Valerie Elverton Dixon cordially invites the presidential candidates to come to East St. Louis to share their policy positions and to leave blessed with East St. Louis-ness.
Valerie Elverton Dixon writes an open letter to Prince Harry reminding him of the power of Divine Love.
In conversation with Santa, Valerie Elverton Dixon argues that the reason for our existence is sustenance and joy, not only for ourselves but for all all of humankind, of nature and creation.
Valerie Elverton Dixon writes about her leap of faith that tells her that “the Is-ness that existed before the beginning, that exists now, and that will exist after the end is Divine Love “that loves us with “a love that is as infinite and as eternal as the Cosmos itself.”
Valerie Elverton Dixon pens this open letter to Her Royal Highness Meghan, Duchess of Sussex: “the way you meet this moment will be spiritual strength for those who are not yet born.”
This Armistice Day, Valerie Elverton Dixon encourages us to salute the peacemakers.
This Halloween, Valerie Elverton Dixon tells the story of a metaphorical vampire—”a spiritual contagion”—that is sucking the life out of an entire nation.