by Traci S. Jackson | Apr 18, 2025 | Justice, Working Together
~Written around 5am on Good Friday, April 18, 2025~ At this time, Jesus is being tortured by Roman soldiers and made to carry his cross with Simon of Cyrene to Golgotha. That morning, it is said that he is finally hoisted up on the cross and from noon to 3pm,...
by Traci S. Jackson | May 6, 2024 | Justice
It was a mic-drop moment for me. In hearing the women who assisted Thecla by crying out “unholy judgment” and throwing petals, nard, cinnamon, and cardamom to create a perfume to lull the wild animals to sleep, I saw so many of us who refuse to see...
by Traci S. Jackson | Jul 4, 2023 | Justice, Uncategorized
Today is our Independence Day, but it feels like anything but. Last week, the Supreme Court decided to take away the rights of people rather than expanding those rights. On a day, where we celebrate our Declaration of Independence that stated that our Creator had...
by Traci S. Jackson | Apr 16, 2023 | Encouragement, Spiritual Practice
He was deeply grieved, He got angry, and He prayed to get out of doing the task we all know Him for. Most wouldn’t speak of Jesus’ moment in the Garden of Gethsemane in those terms. Most would focus on the fact that He regained the will to perform the task of being...
by Traci S. Jackson | Apr 16, 2023 | Grief Journey, Memories
NOTE: I wrote this on Thanksgiving Day 2021. Less than a month later, my beloved grandmother made her transition from this earth. I believe God encouraged me to write this reflection of that day because He knew what I did not, and He wanted me to have this to remember...
