Rev. Naomi King (they/them) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Rev. Naomi King (they/them)

The land knows you, even when you are lost. - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass #inspiration

Rev. Naomi King (they/them)

This ordinariness [of our ancestors] is only shameful when used to legitimate oppression. This is its own quiet violence. - Clint Smith, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America p.64 2/2

Rev. Naomi King (they/them)

There are as many worlds as there are imaginers. - Mary Oliver, Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems p.77 #inspiration

Rev. Naomi King (they/them)

"To be sensual...is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread." - James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (1985) p. 350