At the Well: An Ode to My Sisters

Saturday, January 16, 2021

An Ode to My Sisters

An Ode to My Sisters

I have been nurtured and thrived
In the company of Black women
Comforted and survived
In the company of Black women
Encouraged
Taught
Cried
In the company of Black women
Wrapped tightly in their strong arms
When I was falling apart
In the company of Black women
Understood without explaining
Prayed for without asking
Grown
Fellowshipped
Basking
In the company of Black women

Monica Fountain
January 10, 2021

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A Place of Encouragement, Englightenment and Edification

At the Well is a place where you can come and draw from the well of God's word and receive encouragement, enlightenment and edification to make it through this journey called life. On At the Well, you will find regular devotionals that include application to help you not only be a hearer of the Word but also a doer. Our regular feature, "Turning Point" features testimonies of men and women who, like the Samaritan woman, have had life-changing encounters with the Savior. The "View from the Well" section features information and articles on subjects from politics and finances to health and relationships. It also includes essays, opinion pieces and thought-provoking questions.

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Maafa Remembrance

This stained glass window is located in the New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church on Chicago's West Side. The window is based on a painting by Tom Feelings entitled ''Maafa Remembrance.'' Maafa, a Swahili word pronounced may-AH-fah, means unspeakable horror and is used to refer to the horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, just as Holocaust is used to refer to the deaths of millions of Jews at the hands of the Nazis.

The ship is personified in the Christlike figure of an African man. His muscular, chain-draped arms are outstretched. His body, from his torso to his calves, is the pit of a ship, drifting across the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of men and women, sardine-packed and bound for slavery.

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Saturday, January 16, 2021

An Ode to My Sisters

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