This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold..

Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes wit….

The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individua….

By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances..

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a res….

Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning t….

And therein shines one major definition of what it meant to be Clinton D. Powell: someone who looked for, trusted in, and helped empower (if you will….

An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety––Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white….

The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured..

Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative actio….

Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their….

The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humblin….

Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love's liquid sigh..

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage..

Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. Bu….

I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never ….

Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple..

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls..

Hope drowned in shadows emerges fiercely splendid–– boldly angelic..

Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in l….

Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website ….