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Rev. Dr. Barber @RevDrBarber
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Death is hard for families. Death is especially hard for families of celebrities b/c they have to share their loved one in death & in life. Let’s pray for Areatha’s family. The hope always is that a funeral service can be healing & comforting, not hurtful & confusing.
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Beyond the funeral, we remember Aretha loving as she fought for civil rights & voting rights. The greatest flattery is imitation. Let us get as many people as we can to imitate Aretha by getting registered & voting in November. Let’s demand RESPECT at the ballot box.
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This is the longest judicial vacancy in the federal court system. President Obama tried to integrate this court by nominating 2 superbly qualified African-American women.
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In this season when high profile people like Aretha Franklin & John McCain have passed from cancer, let us be reminded why all of us, from the poorest to the richest, should have universal health care. Let us hold their families in prayer.
Let us remember them not in some pristine fantasy that we often create when people die, but let us remember their entire lives—the good & the bad, faith and faults—that we might learn & grow from their living.
Let us love them for all they were & forgive them for all they were not. And in remembering them, may we remember our own mortality so that we number our days & be the best we can in service to God & humanity.
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Our deep prayers & love are with the family of Sister Aretha as she sings & dances on the rhythms of grace to join the choir of heaven in the glory of God’s Presence. “Come unto me all ye that are heavy burdened & I will give you rest."
I will never forget after speaking at the DNC in 2016, I received a call from Aretha. I thought it was a joke, & I said, “Is this really Aretha Franklin?” She said, “Is this really Rev Barber?”
I was honored to preach for a service she had at her father’s former church & also had the opportunity from time to time to call & talk with her. Every call began with, “Is this really Aretha Franklin?” And her response: “Is this really Rev Barber?”
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this is the twitter version of the lecture I gave to an undergraduate wildlife management class, called "Conservation and How Colonialism Fucked Everything" (not really).

short version: #bloodparks
I was taught a sanitized version of American wildlife management/conservation. it's only through self-study/listening that I learned any of this. By not acknowledging the violence that occurred in the US w/ regards to wildlife/resources we do our students a disservice #bloodparks
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[an updated thread]

Short Korean expressions you can use during @BTS_twt VLive

Thank you for your input. As usual, feel free to translate the thread into another language!

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