Ashleigh Fields: Take the first step towards resurrection this Easter

& by Ashleigh Fields, Assistant Editor, The AFRO-American 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 creator. Being our most authentic self is the ultimate form of freedom. It is where we find truth. It is where we find the onus to grow. It’s where we find the courage to weep; for our mistakes and the mistakes of others. & What a world of evil we are in. What a time for bloodshed and slaughter. Over 29,000 people have been murdered in the Israeli airstrikes. Approximately 85 of those bodies were journalists. The media would have you break them down by nationality, ethnic backgrounds and terrorist groups but it’s all the same when lives are lost. Each death is a loss of someone’s...