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Of Course I Can
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Valerie Elverton Dixon remembers the life and legacy of the pioneering actress and singer Diahann Carroll.
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Remembering Toni Morrison
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Valerie Elverton Dixon remembers Toni Morrison, whose legacy “includes those of us who she inspired to claim our own voices and to write what we want to read.”
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God Almighty! Another Lamentation
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Valerie Elverton Dixon laments the mass shootings that frequent American headlines. Through Biblical passages, she calls for a more scrutinizing examination of gun control regulations.
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Remembering the Red Summer of 1919
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On the centennial of the Red Summer of 1919, Valerie Elverton Dixon reflects on “just how far the moral evolution of humanity has progressed, and […] how far humankind has still to go.”
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Memorial Day
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Valerie Elverton Dixon reflects on Memorial Day: “The dead do not need us. We need them. We need their deathless radical love.”
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Mothers’ Day, Power, and the Holiness of Woman
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Valerie Elverton Dixon argues that Mothers’ Day ought to be a day of solidarity among women to insist upon their right and their power to decide if and when to give the gift of birth.
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Twenty Years Ago, When Columbine Happened
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The 20th anniversary of Columbine reminds us that we each have to do the hard soul work, the hard spiritual work of radical love.
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A Letter to Christian Clergy on Same-Sex Marriage
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Valerie Elverton Dixon argues ‘that same sex marriage is a question of equal protection under the law’ which opposes the stance of the United Methodist Church.
Nancy Wilson: A Lady with a Song that is a Story
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Nancy Wilson was a lady with a song that told the story of humanity and our capacity to love, and the capacity to love is the aspect of ourselves that makes us divine.
Santa's Condolences
Santa’s Condolence Letter
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Valerie Elverton Dixon shares a comforting and embracing letter from Santa that addresses the essence and nature of the human condition that both gloom and shine.
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Winter Solstice 2018
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On this Winter Solstice, Valerie Elverton Dixon reminds us that “no season is permanent. They come and they go.”
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Dear Mississippi White People
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Valerie Elverton Dixon pens a letter to the white people of Mississippi: make healing a priority.