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The Slave Bible
The full title of this post is, “The Slave Bible, Maroon Hermeneutics and Denmark Vesey: Fugitive Faith from 1807 to Mother Emanuel.” To heal our culture, we must study and understand our history. These studies must include the actions of people and events which have not traditionally been part of the “formal historical curriculum canon”…
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Haitian Revolution and Bois Caïman
To prepare for our 6th week small group meeting of The 1526 Project, which focuses on “Bois Caïman: Haiti and the Pentecost of Liberation,” I created an audio “deep dive” overview (21.5 minutes) of the historical and spiritual background of the Haitian Revolution and Bois Caïman using Gemini Notebook. (Previously “NotebookLM”) This is available as…
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Project 1526 Week 5
The Stono Rebellion, Resistance, and Rejecting Un-Christian Nationalism On August 2, 2026, Wes Fryer in Charlotte shares what he learned preparing for his Project 1526 small group (resistance500.com), a spiritual formation curriculum by Rev. Ben Boswell and Collective Liberation Church offered as an alternative to America’s 250th independence celebrations. He invites viewers to get the…
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Reflections on “Soul Boom” by Rainn Wilson
Some reflections today about how many of the observations and prescriptions offered by Rainn Wilson in his book, “Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution” are in line with the Heal Our Culture” Project. We can all choose to live as “culture healers, not culture warriors.” Video Summary: On July 22, 2026, I recorded this reflection…
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Remembering Black Terror Lynchings in Jackson, Tennessee
A video I recorded by the courthouse this evening in downtown Jackson, Tennessee. Video Summary: On Sunday, July 12, 2026, while traveling through Jackson, Tennessee on the way to Oklahoma, I stopped at the Madison County courthouse to look for a historical marker documenting the county’s history of racial terror lynchings. I found one, part…
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Reclaiming Our Minds
I vividly remember leading professional development for my fellow teachers at Wheelock Elementary School just before Thanksgiving in 1998. We got special permission from Karl Mahan at Lubbock Christian University to use their computer lab for our two-day workshop. These were the days before computers were in most classrooms. The vast majority of computers in…
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Project 1526 Invitation
Today is July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the United States of America. This year is also the 500th anniversary of “Resistance in the Americas,” however, and it is that anniversary I want to draw to your attention today through The 1526 Project: The 1526 Project is…
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Kelly Brown Douglas on Resurrection Hope
Along with members of our adult ACE Sunday School class at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, I have been reading the remarkable book Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. In addition to recommending the book, I want to share the following collection of audio and video resources…
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Against All Enemies
I’ve been watching, reading, and thinking about the fractures in American democracy for several years now — through the lens of a citizen, an educator, a media literacy teacher, and a veteran who took the same oath every person featured in this documentary once swore. So when I say that Against All Enemies (2023) is…
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Values of the Ancestors
Reminders from the Artemis mission patch of Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen Thank you, Henry Guimond, Dave Courchene II, and Jeremy Hansen for this poignant reminder about the values of our ancestors, which are still so important today: Respect (the buffalo), Love (the eagle), Courage (the bear), Honesty (Sasquatch), Wisdom (the beaver), Humility (the wolf), and…
