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    Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition

    This is my first blog post since everything has changed. Everything. So where to start? To begin with, today I am not going to talk about the… Read more “Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition”

    March 20, 2020 by Ugena Whitlock

    My White Privilege: An Unexpected But Unsurprising Glimpse

    This week I had to check my whiteness two times, first at the ONA Coalition National Gathering and then at the UCC General Synod. The lesson was… Read more “My White Privilege: An Unexpected But Unsurprising Glimpse”

    June 29, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida

    Like all GoT fans, Sarah and I had been awaiting Season 8 for two years. For the last month, we’ve been organizing our weeks around Sunday nights… Read more “A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida”

    May 22, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Thoughts on Prayer Following the Christchurch Massacre

    As I write this, another heinous mass shooting has taken place by white supremacists, this time in New Zealand. Almost 50 of our Muslim neighbors were murdered… Read more “Thoughts on Prayer Following the Christchurch Massacre”

    March 15, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)

    This week a group of us from Pilgrimage United Church of Christ (PUCC) went to the 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony in Atlanta. Transgender Day of… Read more “Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)”

    November 26, 2018April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    God Laughs, or Fun with Bell’s Palsy

    You make your plans, and God laughs. That’s what happened to me over the weekend. Let me go back, though, and start with discovering the Atlanta Freedom… Read more “God Laughs, or Fun with Bell’s Palsy”

    March 16, 2017May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle

    When I was in fifth grade at Littleville Elementary School, something magical happened. One day, our teacher announced that the band teacher from the nearby high school… Read more “Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle”

    November 3, 2014April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock
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