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In the Great Lakes town of Mexico, NY, a pastor boldly claims, ‘We’re locked and loaded — this is not a gun free zone’
Cowhide decorated horns blared through the sanctuary of the bone-white colored church during Sunday service. A young girl in red flannel and jeans kicked off her snow boots and ran down the red carpeted aisle to join the rest of the choir on stage. Yeehaws reverberated off the walls as the celebratory praises began and the pastor started laying hands on congregation members as they dropped to the floor one by one, while deacons covered them with blankets. This is an average Sunday morning at the Lighthouse Church of God in Mexico, New York, some six miles from the Lake Ontario shoreline.
Published in Belt Magazine
I Just Graduated From UVA; Here’s Why It’s More Important Than Ever To Speak Out Against The Violence In Charlottesville
Before the White supremacists marched on Friday, I had booked a ticket to go visit my friends at my alma mater this coming weekend. Now I’m scared, and I want to tell all of my friends and anyone who is hurting what my grandmother always tells me: That this too shall pass.
Published on Jopwell
Muslim Syracuse residents reflect on returning to a country more divided after taking the hajj to Mecca
Amina Foco was standing at a cashier’s desk in a Saudi Arabian mall when the gates of the store came falling down suddenly. The strangers to her left and right stopped what they were doing and everyone in the mall began to form lines.
Published on The Newshouse
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