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Tag Archives: social work
How to be a Social Worker Everywhere You Go
Honored to deliver this Commencement address for the VCU School of Social Work (December 2023) Continue reading
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Tagged colleagues, commencement, community, social work, social work history, vocation
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Lessons We Keep Learning
Homily for Proper 7, Year A Preached at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, disciples, Jesus, learning, prayer, social work, vocation
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One Body
Homily for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Continue reading
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Tagged Body of Christ, Eucharist, healing, Jesus, Racialized Trauma, Resmaa Menakem, social justice, social work, spirituality, trauma
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Seeing the Face of Christ
Last Sunday of Pentecost, Year A (Christ the King)St. Mark’s Episcopal Church: Virtual Worship in a Time of PandemicNovember 22, 2020 Lectionary Texts: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24Psalm 95:1-7aEphesians 1:15-23Matthew 25:31-46 Sometimes Christ the King looks like a short, hunched-over woman with … Continue reading
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Tagged christ the king, dignity, empathy, homelessness, learning, Matthew 25, Mental health, reign of christ, social work
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The Face I See
A Sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (Christ the King) Lectionary Readings Sometimes the Reign of Christ looks like a short, hunched-over women with wildly cut hair, sipping sweet tea with lemon, savoring the last bite of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, christ the king, counseling, deinstitutionalization, expectation, Holy Spirit, homelessness, Jesus, learning, liberation, Matthew 25:31-46, Mental health, poverty, presence, reign of christ, sermon, sheep and the goats, social work, student, the least of these, when did we see you Lord
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Being Prepared
A homily for Advent 1, Year A prepared for Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Sunday November 27, 2016 Greetings on this first Sunday of Advent, the beginning of a new liturgical year and the start of a season of … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, call, Christianity, church, episcopal, Eucharist, Jesus, mise en place, plan, practice, prepare, readiness, social work, stay awake, stay woke, to do lists, vocation
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Restorative Justice
A few weeks ago, one of my BSW students sent me an email. She was doing a summer internship with the First Lady’s office and on the side, doing some volunteer work with the office for restorative justice. Virginia has … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, classism, food pantry, forgiveness, God, Jesus, justice, ministry, prayer, prisoners, Racism, reconciliation, restorative justice, service, social justice, social work
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Spoken Word
When I was twenty-one and in social work school, I look a class in solution-focused brief therapy. Back in the day, this was cutting edge and transformational to the way in which traditional psychotherapy was taught: lengthy problem-focused assessment and … Continue reading
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Tagged #Ferguson, learning, oppression, poetry, social justice, social work, solution focused brief therapy, spoken word, Steve DeShazer, students, teaching, vcu, video, words, writing
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Mega Savings
I come from a long line of frugal people. Growing up, the grocery story circulars would come around mid-week, and we’d begin making a list by store chain of items listed for sale. We often re-purposed an old envelope, so that … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, belief, Blessing, Christianity, coupons, doubt, everyday miracles, faith, feeding the 5000, food justice, food pantry, frugality, God, gratitude, groceries, ministry, savings, service, social work, Thanksgiving
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Privilege and Egg Salad
Today, I am exceedingly privileged. I parked on campus, walked to my favorite vegetarian dive coffee shop and ordered my stand-by favorite lunch of egg salad on wheat with lettuce, tomato and sprouts accompanied by a side salad with orange-tahini … Continue reading
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Tagged economic justice, Education, food justice, minustry, oppression, piverty, privilege, Racism, social justice, social work, structural inequality, vocation
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small points of light 