Robert P. Jones It is well beyond time… This book puts forward a simple proposition: it is time - indeed, well beyond time - for white Christians in the United States to reckon with the racism of our…
Parker Palmer If we are to survive and thrive, we must hold its divisions and contradictions with compassion, lest we lose our democracy. I discovered a book that helped me understand how heartbreak and depression - two of the most isolating and disabling experiences I know - can expand one’s sense of connectedness…
Uncategorized Survivors of California’s forced sterilizations: ‘It’s like my life wasn’t worth anything’ A new reparations program will compensate survivors of prison system sterilizations and the 20th century eugenics campaign https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/19/california-forced-sterilization-prison-survivors-reparations
Kerry Connelly The binary of white/nonwhite Let’s take the binary of white/nonwhite - you know, as a totally random example. Whether you’re ready to admit it yet or not, there’s a hierarchy built in there. Everything…
Uncategorized United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
Uncategorized A Bridge Between US is a series of online conversations for societal healing sponsored by the IFS Foundation https://mailchi.mp/8b2cfc82ac29/a-bridge-between-us-online-conversations-for-societal-healing?e=bfb4476e64
Brian McLaren Your three-member committee Your singular human brain functions like a three-member committee. Each of your three primary modules includes many distinct submodules that in turn contain even smaller submodules, and the interactions among…
Susan K Smith Some Assumptions In This Book This book is laid out upon a few assumptions. FIrst is that in order to be a Christian, one must read, know, and follow the words and commandments of Jesus…
Shannon CrossBear Until We Weep by Shannon CrossBear Let us weep For what has been done to the children, to the mothers, to the fathers, to the sons and daughters Over generations, across continents and…
Uncategorized How America Fractured Into Four Parts by George Packer in The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/george-packer-four-americas/619012/
