07-04-2024 13:00 via chicagodefender.com

COLUMN: Take The First Step Towards Resurrection This Easter

By Ashleigh Fields
“The hardest test I ever faced in my life was praying.”
“Picking a lock to rob someone’s house was the only way my knees had ever been bent before. I had to force myself to bend my knees. And waves of shame and embarrassment would force me back up. For evil to bend its knees, admitting its guilt, to implore the forgiveness of God, is the hardest thing in the world.”
— Malcolm X
Stripped of our innocence, barren in image and beholden to our c
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