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"Both groups were surprised that they had so much in common. The condemned women were astonished that the nuns had chosen to live a life nearly as confined as their own, in rooms that they, too, called 'cells.'"
Lawrence Wright for The New Yorker: https://longreads.com/2025/03/13/the-nuns-trying-to-save-the-women-on-texass-death-row
#Longreads #Nuns #DeathRow #Faith #Redemption #CapitalPunishment #Jail #Prison #Women #Incarceration #Texas
Floral Impressions - lovely pink chrysanthemum flower
#NaturePhotograhpy #MastoArt #buyintoart #visualarts #arte #faith #artistgallery #Photography #beauty
Why does British actor/writer/narrator/director/atheist Stephen Fry conclude that this world’s enormous contrasts deny the existence of a creator? And does it lead you in the same direction? Read on for more: https://wp.me/p2wzRb-MX #faith #God
Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept.
―Dan Barker
promise of new heights
we keep reaching for the stars
and making wishes
#mastoprompt - promise
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/keep-reaching-for-the-stars-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #fediart #mastoart #dream #dreams #night #nightsky #star #stars #tree #trees #inspiration #inspirational #motivation #motivational #inspirationalquotes #encouragement #hope #faith #colorful #poetry #poet #poem #writing #haiku #smallpoems #shortpoem #children #kids #kid #child #play #playing #childhood #memories #childhoodmemories #fun #cute #artmatters
🔥 Legacy is built through faith and action.
As #BlackHistoryMonth ends, we reflect on The Favor of Legacy—how leaders like Harriet Tubman & MLK left a mark that still shapes us today. How will you build your legacy?
💡 Read more: https://wix.to/yafrm9T
#FavorFridays #Faith #Legacy #GodsFavor #EconomicEmpowerment #LeaveAMark
#blackmastodon
I captured this moment when I was in Bangladesh for a media gathering assignment in 2017.
#Photography #Islam #Muslim #Religion #Faith #Culture #DhakaBangladesh #Dhaka #Bangladesh #TravelPhotography #Quran #Mosque #Prayer
Pink Chrysanthemum flowers will brighten any wall in your home or office. Symbolizing many things including joy, love, loyalty, and longevity. A beautiful fine art piece for the coming Spring.
#spring #hope #faith #MastoArt #Photography #buyintoart #ayearforart #fineart #flowers #dreambig #magicalearth
🎸 Music to fight hate: "Tear the Fascists Down" by Woody Guthrie
"I could see all the people in this whole wide world
That's the union that'll tear the fascists down, down, down...
Good people, what are we waitin' on?"
🔗 Get the tools you need to fight hate! https://resistance-toolkit.com
#dei #art #photoshop #music #lyrics #FolkMusic #folk #FightFascism #lgbtq #CivilRights #WealthInequality #GunControl #Faith #immigrants #science #feminism #facts
Today's poem:
Cana
- by Thomas Merton
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/775990709986689024/cana?source=share
#poetry #Cana #faith #ThomasMerton #innocence #labour #gift #constancy #miracle
👑✝️🛐💞🌏💞🕊️❤️🔥*Bless the Lord!*O my soul!*All that is within me!*bless his holy name!*Bless the Lord!*O my soul!*& do not forget all his benefits!*who pardons all your guilt!*who heals all your diseases!*who redeems your life from the pit!*who crowns you with mercy!*& compassion!*who satisfies your life with goodness!*so that your youth is renewed like the eagle!👑✝️🛐💞🌏💞🕊️❤️🔥
#GOD #Lord #Soul #Holy #Spirit #Believe #Faith #Hope #Peace #Crown #Life #Compassion #Christ #Jesus #Eternity
Theists:
Look up “delusion” in the dictionary.
How does the definition differ from your belief in god?
Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not “Islamophobic” to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.
—Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Jnana Yoga: One must know the difference between what is real and unreal. Detachment from that which is unimportant, unreal, not essential and you will naturally attach to the Self and that which is real.
#art #mastodonart #artist #SafiaLatif #religion #ceasefire #genocide #palestine #palestinians #gaza #destruction #islam #faith
Last week, a clip went viral showing a young #muslim man who stands infront of the ruins of a destroyed #mosque and praises #Allah. This real-life scene was the inspiration for Safia Latif's latest #painting.
https://www.safialatif.com/info
Why should we care or believe what the Bible says?
—Matt Dillahunty
Eden Theological Seminary is home to the Center for Lived #Faith and #Organizing (CLFO), dedicated to educating, training, and connecting #leaders for sustainable, effective, and long-term #ministry , organizing, and #justice work! Check it out: https://www.instagram.com/edenseminary/reel/DE2gGEDNYlA/
@theology
Theists:
Invisible, inaudible, immaterial, outside of time and space, unobservable, immeasurable = IMAGINARY
"𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰" ❤️
New Art w/FREE SHIPPING at https://buff.ly/3PG1tec
#AppalachianMountains #SnowyDay #WinterPeace #SheliaHuntPhotography #refuge #CoffeeMugs #ToteBags #FineArt #BuyIntoArt #Faith
It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring.
—Robert G. Ingersoll
Today's poem:
All I can see is nothing
- by Sahar Muradi
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/771551919504343040/all-i-can-see-is-nothing?source=share
#poetry #gaza #god #SaharMuradi #pain #transcendence #hope #faith