CHERYL A. KIRK-DUGGAN
Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan is a Professor of Religion at Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, NC, and an Ordained Elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
Known for her 6 P’s as: professor, preacher, priest, prophet, poet, and performer, Kirk-Duggan is author of over 20 books, including Violence and Theology, her edited The Sky is Crying: Racism, Classism, and Natural Disaster, both Abingdon, 2006; and Wake Up: Hip Hop, Christianity, & the Black Church.
Dr. Kirk-Duggan’s current research includes: theology; justice; violence and religion; music; ethics; humor; the Bible and culture; Womanist and feminist studies; faith, spirituality, and health; women’s religious and leadership experience; pedagogy; rage, grief, and transformation; gender theory; sexuality, and popular media as a praxeology for constructive and narrative theology. Currently, she is working on a systematic theology, a commentary on Joshua and Judges, and a volume of poetry.
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Faith: Wading Through Troubled Waters
O God,
Your awesomeness
Overwhelms our troubled Spirits.
Sometimes,
We imagine,
We cannot be important to You.
Our insecurities and lack of faith
Make it easy for us to be troubled,
And not believe:
That You
Love and care for us.
Dear God,
Help our prayers to be sincere.
Help us grow,
That We may come
To love ourselves,
As created by You,
in Your Divine Image.
The Undivided Soul
Archived Quotes
Faith is a tool, a gift, and an avenue for building relationships and therefore a way of life.
Faith if an unseen
Powerful reality,
A substance of Grace,
And bridge over troubled water.
Faith feels our hearts,
Strengthens our feebleness,
Celebrates our triumphs, and
Embraces our catastrophes:
If we’re open to receive,
Believing in the fullness
Of the moment,
Of God’s love for us.
Faith, the gift of belief,
Tool of perseverance,
Avenue of relationships:
Comes from God,
Comes with the cost
Of giving up control.
The Undivided Soul
Faith: Wading Through Troubled Waters
Fatigue,
Weariness; diminished
In the grand scheme of things:
God’s on our side.
God cares
When friends just can’t be found.
God bridges the gaps;
God hold us;
God embraces us amid the abyss;
God will be with us.
The Undivided Soul