jamie y. watkins

Category: Peace & Justice

  • A Couple Resources for Anti-Racism

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    This is not the time for my voice and my feelings, other than to say, I am grieved by and ashamed of the racial injustices that just keep happening in our country. There is a lot of work for us to do to bring about meaningful and lasting change, both on an individual level and…

  • Prepare Him Room

    Prepare Him Room

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    Heading northeast on the highway on my way home, the moon emerged, a bright golden disc in the sky to my left. It was immense. As I followed the curve of the road, the moon crossed in front of me before settling behind the trees to my right. It was low in the sky so…

  • Psalm 2: What Does God Control?

    Psalm 2: What Does God Control?

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    7 I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son;     today I have become your father. 8 Ask me,     and I will make the nations your inheritance,     the ends of the earth your possession. 9 You will break them with a rod of iron;     you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” 10 Therefore,…

  • On This Thanksgiving

    On This Thanksgiving

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    This Thanksgiving, Chad and I are drove up to Massachusetts to spend the holiday with family. This afternoon, we’ll fill our plates with turkey and stuffing, Brussels sprouts and rolls, and so many other delicious foods. We’ll top the meal off with the sweetness of pie. Around the table, we’ll have Chad’s mom and siblings and…

  • Sometimes I Leave the Room

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    Today, I’m excited to be over at The Mudroom, talking about having hard conversations. I hope you’ll join me there.  I can’t take it. I walk outside and text my husband to see when he would be back to pick me up. “Leaving now,” he writes. Soon, then. Thankfully. I don’t want to feel this…

  • Smalls Steps Toward Justice

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    In just over a month, I’ll be starting my second semester of my graduate degree in communication. In my first semester, I took a course called Globalization, Media & Social Change. It focused on the effects of technology on our media interactions, globally and on an individual level, and the way we pursue activism and…

  • We’ve Had Enough

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    Some days are so hard, so scary.  I went to bed last night thinking about the bombing in Baghdad, about all those hundreds of people who lost their lives or their loved ones, about how there was so little coverage of it because … what?  We don’t care about Iraqi people in the West?  Or…

  • I Have a Voice

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    Last October, I worked at a girls’ leadership conference. My team and I trained the adult chaperones on how to guide the teen girls through community projects that addressed one of several social justice topics. The goal of the conference was to empower the girls to find an issue in their community and address it…

  • When #LoveWins

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    Last week, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. Naturally, it was an issue that brought on a variety of reactions, both positive and negative. My first thought was, it’s about time. It’s about time Love wins this one. Chad and I were married almost six years ago, and it was beautiful, with God at the center…

  • #AskHerMore

    #AskHerMore

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    I love movies. I’ve always loved movies. And I love watching the Academy Awards. Chad and I try to do something special every year, whether attend a friend’s Oscar party, go out to a party, or host our own. This is the second year in a row we’ll be hosting our own, complete with ballots…