Activist
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thankful, and will never
take it for granted. She
saiys it was critical for her
to frame her message of
race, equality, sexism, jus
tice, and class in a theolog
ical framework.
Milka Tewolde, a Wake
Forest student and Eritrea
native said, "1 was raised
the same way that she was
and seeing her perspective
of African-American or
just African changed my
views. Because I come
from a family that
describes themselves as
African and not African
American, seeing her view
on that changed my percep
tion and now I see black
activism completely differ
ent."
Selina Tesfai, also of
Wake Forest and Eritrea
said, "I've never been able
to see a person of faith
include social, economical,
and political aspects into a
message and I was able to
get a good understanding
of how each impacted
racial problems today in
America. It was very inter
esting."
"One of the main things
I try to instill in people is
the possibility of transfor
mation within self being a
catalyst to everything
around you changing. If
you can transform your
ways of looking at the
world, transform the people
around you and your
immediate environment,
you begin to operate as the
change you want to see in
the world. So that question
of who you have to be to
create the world you live
in, 1 really want people to
wrestle with that question
because 1 think that's the
catalyst to greatness," said
Tesfamariam when asked
what she hoped individuals
took from her message.
Tesfamariam closed by
saying she is always
inspired by people's
dreams, vision, and capaci
ty for sacrifice and that is
humanity at its absolute
best, and everything else
beautiful about life and
existence flows out of that.
Lesson
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Bread was presented as a first
fruits wave offering, twice the size of
the bread used in the Feast of
Unleavened Bread (v. 17). The burnt
offering consisted of seven lambs,
two young bulls and two rams. These
were accompanied by grain and drink
offerings. A male goat was used for
sin offering and a two- year-old lamb
for fellowship offering. According to
David C. Cook, Bible Lesson
Commentary ... these festivals
became connected through the death
of Jesus Christ and the decent of the
Holy Spirit ... Jesus was arrested,
crucified and buried shortly before
the festival of Unleavened Bread
began, and He was resurrected the
day after the first fruits were offered
at the Jerusalem temple. During the
festival of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit
came upon them and they praised
God in many languages (Acts 2:1-11,
41).
The festival and the end of grain
harvest coincided. God gave instruc-,
tions that not every last head of grain
was to be harvested; farmers were to
leave some grains standing at the
edges. They were also instructed to
leave fallen grain on the ground for
the indigent and foreigners to fight
hunger (vs. 22). God's people were
instructed to be kind and considerate
of non-Israelites who were temporary
visitors in their community
(Exodus23:9). Not only were God's
people to be thankful, they were also
to share their blessings with those less
fortunate.
For Your Consideration: What
emotions do you think accompanied
the Israelites' observance of the har
vest festivals? What does God's
directive about showing generosity to
the poor suggest our attitude should
be toward them?
Life's Application: We need to
acknowledge the sovereignty of God
and of His Holy Spirit in everything
we do. We need to acknowledge that
everything we have is a blessing from
the Lord and determine that He will
get the first fruits of our affections
and our finances (Brian D. Doud,
Union Gospel Press Publications,
"Christian Life Series").
Photo by Tevin Stinson
Members of St. Peter's
World Outreach Center
prepare their plates
before the start of the
big game during the
Annual Father Son Pot
Luck Super Bowl Party
o)t Sttnday, Feb. 7.
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ment." He continued, "I am proud of our home team."
Sheff said while most look at football as just a game,
the life lessons that you can learn while playing is what is
most important.
"It's all about coming together," he said. 'To be suc
cessful on the field you have to work together and that is
important in all aspects of life, not just when playing
sports."
Photo by Timothy lUnuey
Wake Forest University divinity school student
Kenneth Pettigrew asks Rah/el Tesfamariam a ques
tion after her message Feb. 4 on the Wake Forest
campus.
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