1.0ELCA Racial Justicehttps://blogs.elca.org/elcaracialjusticerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ML3I9Ah0Yg"><a href="https://blogs.elca.org/elcaracialjustice/voices-of-faith-black-joy/">Voices of Faith: Black Joy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.elca.org/elcaracialjustice/voices-of-faith-black-joy/embed/#?secret=ML3I9Ah0Yg" width="600" height="338" title="“Voices of Faith: Black Joy” — ELCA Racial Justice" data-secret="ML3I9Ah0Yg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.elca.org/elcaracialjustice/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://blogs.elca.org/elcaracialjustice/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2026/02/mom-and-daughter.jpg20481536In celebration of Black History Month which is celebrated in the United States in February, we share the following article which is cross-posted from Living Lutheran. The original post can be found here. VOICES OF FAITH BLACK JOY My mother had the most sumptuous deep dark chocolate skin, full lips, large African nose and big […]