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From Historical Oppression to Spiritual Freedom
By: Jonathan Morales Mental health has often been overlooked in our communities of color. There are many sociocultural and institutional reasons for this, but most overlooked is the linkages to our...
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Faith in Therapy
Maybe if she would have learned to deal with things better she wouldn’t be depressed. Maybe if she was stronger she wouldn’t be depressed. Maybe if she would just stop being depressed she wouldn’t be...
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The Holy Island of Borinquén
This poem takes a spiritual approach in re-imagining the land formation of Puerto Rico. In addition, Biblical and Greek mythological references and imagery are used to express this beautiful formation....
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Baseball’s Last Boricua Saint
A Personal Reflection on the Life of Roberto Clemente WalkerPhoto: Thwip! (Formarly Macwagen), flickr In August of 1934, a boy by the name of Roberto Clemente Walker was born in the city of Carolina,...
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Memories of Chicago’s Radical Puerto Rican Church
An in-depth essay and oral history of Chicago’s First Congregational Church and its radical Christian past. Note: Long statements by church members are indented for clarity. First Congregational...
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Does Espiritismo and Santería Invoke the Supernatural or Psychological?
Photo: Xosé Castro Roig, flickr By: Albert Ramos As a Nuyorican, I grew up in a Catholic household, and raised in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Bushwick. Admittedly, I was always fascinated with the...
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Love Beyond Law: Learning to Live Honestly
Photo: Adam Fagan, flckr When asked to write about my queer identity as a Boricua/ Dominicana, I have to start with church. Not because of the rejections LGBTQ often face but, more specifically,...
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For Gay Puerto Ricans Who Have Spoken in Tongues and Wonder if They’ll Ever...
Photo: Associated Press file By: Adrián Emmanuel Hernández-Acosta As Sister Carmen, the prophetess, used to say, “Child, even rats and cockroaches scurry across altars. Asegúrate que lo santo lo lleves...
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