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John 3: 1-17 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE March 1, 2026 "Nicodemus Visiting Jesus" - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899 Two men with brown skin wearing long robes and head coverings sit on a rooftop by moonlight. A light glows from Jesus' chest and illuminates his face as he speaks with Nicodemus. Almost 63 years ago, Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed in a bomb blast at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This act of domestic terrorism was carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan, whose motto “America First” is back in use by the current administration and some Republican members of Congress. Yesterday we awoke to the news that the United States and Israel launched a joint airstrike that hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing over 160 students and injuring many more. And there is a bright thread that connects one to the other. A thread called racism. A thread called misogyn...
