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Category: COVID-19

Yes, Please

August 24, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

"My partner and I were attacked; he was killed and I had to flee."

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, Hospitality, immigrants, LGBTQ, love, Stewart Detention CenterTagged asylum, Hospitality, immigration detention, LGBTQ, trauma

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

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

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

Be Still (Poem)

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Anton1 Comment

BE vigilant, wise, and calm, STILL thyself to the speed of soul...

Posted in COVID-19, poetryTagged coronavirus, COVID-19, poem, poetry, Psalms, theology

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