by Minga Claggett-Borne | Oct 25, 2009 | Light In Action
It’s now 2 months since my Dad took his own life. He was 86 years old. I think of myself as a daughter who misses her parent. I don’t think of myself as a survivor like one who’s survived a suicide. Many see suicide as wrong, shrouded in dank and...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 22, 2009 | Light In Action
Like a bear’s first fishing in the trout stream, I was full of energy yesterday, almost ravishing. I do believe it was a holy time, though a bit frenzied. Twenty-two people and myself worked on our inner violence and how to make the peace campaign as strong as...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 16, 2009 | Light In Action
I was sitting in Quaker Meeting yesterday praying harder than I’ve prayed before. Praying hard is a paradox. I’ve learned in the last 30 years, since I decided to be a follower of The Seed, how to pray. The first step is calming my body. Then to center my...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 1, 2009 | Light In Action
Christianity gave me two passages and that’s all I need. 58 books in the Bible, as many as 1,160 chapters, and I only need 2 of them. If I could filter these two ideas into my actions, put them in my resume, and embed them into my voice when my kids are late...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jan 23, 2009 | Inspiration from Sages
Joeseph E Lowery delivers a blessing in Washington DC. Jan 20, 2009Lowery’s words begin with the Black National Anthem, found in many church hymnals by JW Johnson and JR Johnson, and sung in AME churches across America since the 1920s. God of our weary years,...
