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Join the Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and
Justice and Lifelong Learning
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Essays were published weekly during the summer of 2025
Edited by The Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D., Kyle Lambelet, Ph.D., and The Rev. Canon Altagracia Pérez-Bullard, Ph.D [Pictured above].
It’s Simply Biblical
“No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him” (Matthew 11:27).
Love Your Neighbor
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27).
Lift Up the Lowly
“He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly” (Luke 1:52).
God’s Weakness…God’s Power
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8).
Love Your Enemies
“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27–28).
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few
“When he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, ‘Why could we not cast it out?’ He said to them, ‘This kind can come out only through prayer and fasting.’” (Mark 9:28-29).
Walk Humbly
“You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Deuteronomy 10:19). “You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice” (Deuteronomy 24:17).
Obey God More than Human Authorities
“But Peter and the apostles replied, saying: ‘We must obey God more than human beings’” (Acts 5:29).
Consider the Lillies
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” (Luke 12:27).
Slip away and pray
“But now more than ever the word about Jesus spread abroad; many crowds were gathering to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. Meanwhile, he would slip away to deserted places and pray” (Luke 5:15-16).
