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  • THE LEGACY

    Her foot long, mini braids whipped like two dozen pendulums out of control as thirteen-year-old Cassandra Esther Bernice Jones darted across the intersection. If you blinked her sleek, naturally tanned silhouette melted into the shadows of the graffiti of each building she passed. Occasionally, the long, tapered fingers of her right hand brushed aside the…

  • CHOOSE PEACE By Miranda Johnson-Phillips

    What was the last choice you made? It could have been something simple like deciding what to have for breakfast. Possibly something more difficult like confronting someone about what they said to you. Decisions are a part of our daily lives. Yet, it’s not the choices that are presented to us that impact our lives,…

  • ISRAEL AT WAR: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE Part 1

    (Draft written October 10, 2023) If you woke up listening to the news on Saturday, October 7, 2023, the “breaking news” you most likely paused in disbelief. Israel was being attacked by rockets being launched from the Gaza Strip. Once you gathered yourself and determined that you were indeed awake, the unthinkable became evident. You…