Ms. Jamilah Maat Nation

Monday, April 13, 2009 Healing teacher, counselor and community activist, Ms. Jamilah Maat Nation, transitioned on Saturday, April 11, 2009. Jamilah courageously and graciously combated uterine cancer during the past year. She was 45 years young. A candlelight vigil and celebration for Jamilah's life are being coordinated and dates will be announced subsequently. Sister Jamilah generously impacted many people's lives through Healing Happens Consulting, and specifically through her passion for women's health and womb wellness. She fiercely taught each of us to "do what you love and love what you do, as peace, love, harmony and joy are our natural birthrights."Food and financial contributions are requested for Jamilah's family. For a list of the family's food requests, or to make any type of love offering, please contact Shelia Jones at 770-933-7662 (shelia.jones@cmich.edu) or Kimberly Stewart at 404-403-3085 (absolutelydivine1@hotmail.com).Please share this message with others, as Jamilah's powerful influence spread far and wide. We ask that you lift up the Jones and Green families in your prayers. Lastly, in honor of our sister Jamilah Nation, team Healing A Nation was formed to participate in this year's Relay for Life (of South DeKalb, GA) on May 01, 2009. If you would like to participate by joining the team and/or donating to the American Cancer Society, please visit: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/teamhealinganationIn advance, give thanks for your love and support."I want to empower people to utilize their gifts from the Creator and to find their divine purpose. When we recognize that the Universe is open and abundant to us, and if we choose to let go of old hurts, we thrive. It is unacceptable to merely exist; we must live each day as if it's our last day on earth." - Ms. Jamilah Maat Nation

God is Pro-Life

I was in a small town in Alabama and passed a church that had a sign that read "God is ProLife." Initially I wonder what this implied other than the usual neo-con rantings about abortion.

Admittedly, I'm pretty liberal (kind of funny that liberal is a bad word now) and I definitely don't think that I, or any man for that matter, should have laws that affects or prohibits a woman's right to chose, but what does "God is ProLife" imply theologically?
What does God is ProLife mean to a person to a person dying of AIDS? Cancer? Or some other terminal illness? Does that mean that God doesn't intervene in the life of those that are dying? Or is not responsible for death?

For this community is Prolife equal access to education? An antiwar sentiment? An effort to eradicate poverty since it's responsible for literally thousands of deaths globally? Could ProLife mean universal health care or an anti-death penalty posture?

God is indeed ProLife! But being ProLife isn't myopic or limited to our narrow definitions of such. Being ProLife means that we share the joy of Jesus to every one that labors in the vineyard of life. Being ProLife means eradicating anything that delays or destroys life.

I'm glad that this church proclaims that God is ProLife, but I pray that their proclamation wasn't one to destroy life, for Jesus proclaimed, "I came to bring you life and that more abundantly."