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LaTonia Pearl Harris's avatar

Amen 🙏🏽 Christ is a bout unity and care for the poor, and oppressed.

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LaTonia Pearl Harris's avatar

Thank you 🙏🏽 I love you and appreciate your openness to understanding others and respecting every belief. I truly believe that we warp Jesus’s teachings when it is clear that he was not a religious tyrant, or unwelcoming to those who didn’t believe- He loves and teaches.

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La Corua's avatar

Thank you for such a lovely trip around the world. You are a kindred spirit, hermana. Chimayo remains my northern spiritual center… Tumacacori is my south. The Pascua Yaqui are our holy guides through Cuaresma y Semana Santa .

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Priscilla Poupore's avatar

I so so so enjoyed your wise humor. Thank you

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SomeNYDude (he/him)'s avatar

Lovely history of world cultures celebrating rebirth and renewal. More unites us then divides us.

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Cherise Threewitt's avatar

I love seeing threads of your novels in your cultural criticism. You're smart AF.

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Jstn Green's avatar

As an atheist, I heartily endorse this wonderful message. Shared on Spoutible.

I swear Alisa you are my newest favorite on Substack and that's saying something because there are a ton of awesome people I read here.

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Bunnie Chambers's avatar

I love this and am the same in my beliefs. I have taken to saying "I am a follower of Christ" just so I won't to grouped with the others.

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Eva Camacho Guzman's avatar

Amen! I feel exactly the same. I will mention, though, I don’t know as much as you do on this subject! Thanks for the education. I will try to subscribe soon. I’m a retired teacher. 🫤

I see you have a monthly but I prefer to pay yearly.

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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's avatar

You can subscribe for free

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Rick's avatar

Thank you!

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Penelope Prill's avatar

Well done!

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Sy's avatar

Jesus being considered a commie by the right wingers of today is the funniest commentary on our sad times.

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Rosemary Siipola's avatar

Thank you.

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Anita Legro's avatar

Well said. 🙏

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Margaret Cameron's avatar

Dear Alisa,

I have been on a similar spiritual path and ended up in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, honoring all the world's religious traditions.

Thank you for your beautifully expressed Easter message! 😌🙏🏽💕

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Silvia Brandon Perez's avatar

I absolutely love this! I am a descendant of Taínos and apparently, a daughter of Santa Bárbara (Oshún) which would explain all the abuse I have experienced in my life… Lately I have become interested in how my homeland, Cubanakhán, has survived so much abuse and so many attempts to destroy it…

I like to say that the Palestinian Rabbi murdered by the Empire of his time was a good troublemaker and it is how I identify myself. A veces tenemos que predicar descalzos y con los pies sucios.

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