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Author: Anton

This is not a “first-day-of-school” photo

August 15, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

“M” is a high school student but this is not his “first-day-of-school” photo.

Posted in Atlanta Friends Meeting, Hospitality, Unaccompanied youth, Wage theftTagged Hospitality, Unaccompanied youth, Wage theft

The Happy Asylum-Seeker

August 13, 2020August 4, 2022 Anton1 Comment

"Allah must have a reason why I get to spend time with you. And for that I am happy!"

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, COVID-19, hope, joy, Stewart Detention CenterTagged Arabian peninsula, Atlanta, immigration detention

Love in the time of coronavirus

July 6, 2020July 9, 2020 AntonLeave a comment

Dedicated to the family of Santiago Baten-Oxlaj. Mr. Baten died of COVID-19 while detained at Stewart Detention Center.

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Columbia Theological Seminary, COVID-19, Guatemala, Stewart Detention Center

The Solitude of Springer (essay)

May 16, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Sitting in solitude beside Springer Mountain I mystically sense a gracious, indiscriminate love.

Posted in essay, love, nature, peace, silence, simplicity, solitude, UncategorizedTagged solitude

The Stranger (Poem)

May 13, 2020May 14, 2020 Anton1 Comment

What we fear is the stranger; how sad this word finds harmony with danger.

Posted in poetryTagged rat race, stranger

God Has Left the Building (essay)

April 8, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

How can we actively answer that of God in everyone when we’re not supposed to be with anyone?

Posted in COVID-19Tagged contemplation, coronavirus, COVID-19, faith, prophetic imagination, vulnerability

Protected: Who Would’ve Thought?

April 7, 2020May 1, 2025 Anton

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in Uncategorized

Selah (Poem)

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 AntonLeave a comment

God, my heart is pounding against my ribs

Posted in COVID-19, poetryTagged be still, poetry, selah

The Flight, Part II (Poem)

March 21, 2020March 21, 2020 AntonLeave a comment

Great wings of divine destiny Take hold of my pierced soul.

Posted in COVID-19, poetryTagged coronavirus, COVID-19, poetry

Make America “Germy” Again?

March 19, 2020August 3, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

I am troubled by calling the COVID-19 pandemic by any racist term.

Posted in COVID-19Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, germs, guns, Jared Diamond, Make America Germy Again, steel

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