<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-943" title="ashwednesday2011" src="https://theopenedbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ashwednesday2011-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" />Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season are quickly approaching. 7 Minute Ministries’ very own, Yolanda Norton, was contracted by The African American Lectionary to write a Cultural Resource Commentary article. The article focuses on the history of Ash Wednesday as well the calling us to action and to community in keeping with the spirit of this particularREAD MORE
The Ten Commandment/Decalogue has a contentious history in civic life. Througout American history Christian have taken a variety of stances about the role of this particular biblical text in every day life. Do we have the right to push our sacred text on others, or should we focus more energy on being faithful to the principles of Deuteronomy 5:6-18.
Context Matters: Re-reading for liberation: For years the dominate culture has tried to make to promote one, right reading of the Bible. As a result, people who have been marginalized have struggled to find their identity in the biblical text, or have done so in ways that are oppressive. Gender, racial, and ethnic stereotypes are pervasive in our society as a result of particular readings of scripture. What does it mean forREAD MORE
Minister Yolonda Norton addresses the issue that "Well behaved women rarely make history." Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Wright Edelman, Hillary Clinton; these women all have a mark in history because they refused to bow down to conventional standards of the world and decided instead to stand up for what they believed to be right. Norton also shows how these women mirrored the actions of overlooked women in TheREAD MORE
