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Prayer in the Shadow of ICE & CBP
for Durham, Charlotte, Raleigh, and beyond
Nov 21, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
Mutual Aid as a Spiritual Practice
On the hospitality of strangers, Dorothy Day, and the abundance of sourdough
Nov 15, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
Good Friday: Prayer for the Crucified
O God who bleeds,
Apr 18, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
Dreaming Beyond Authoritarianism
A Queer (& Anti-Imperial) Reading of Joseph
Mar 28, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
Shepherding Salamanders
A [reposted] sermon on abundant life, slow violence, and the lie of "collateral damage."
Mar 21, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
A Prayer for Mahmoud Khalil
Let liberation be the fast we choose.
Mar 14, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
Faith Without Lady Gaga Is Dead
Or: maybe we shouldn't have been trying to build a "firm foundation" on the slipperiest of slopes
Mar 7, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
A Prayer Against the Mirage
a prayer in the wake of that asmr video, "trump gaza," and bearing witness to cruelty & idolatry
Feb 28, 2025 • Emily Wilkes
The Work of the People
Prayers, sermons, and theological reflections on radical faith, collective care, and the shared work of tending to what's broken.
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