Thea Manning-Neal Thea Manning-Neal

Apple, Twist, Candy Cane: Part Two

I wonder how I can remain in a church that denies or dismisses these atrocities as “part of God’s Plan,” when the God I have come to know is all-loving. The only thing I can reason is that God is all-loving, but His people are not.

Am I one of those people?

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Thea Manning-Neal Thea Manning-Neal

Apple, Twist, Candy Cane: Part one

White, Red, Yellow, Black. Not fish, But people. Or rather, Their skin. A simple shade that has both nothing and yet everything to do with who they are. With who I am.

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Henry Demke Henry Demke

A Child’s Prayer

I never believed much in thoughts and prayers—they seemed to be a silly strategy to me. But I am scared, and I believe in prayer about as much as I believe in anything else these days. God, forgive me for wishing prayers worked. 

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Britta Adams Britta Adams

Confession

I hide. I also ask and ask and ask. They say I sin by trusting truth more than the lies.

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Hunter Barlow Hunter Barlow

Maybe I’m The Problem

For an hour and a half the tears build

It’s me I’m the problem

I lose control, making a scene in front of everyone

But everyone is only you, just you and me

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