Amanda Henderson The chaos of daily life I realize we are also each in the midst of the chaos of daily life even when there is not a pandemic. Here was the scene when I initially wrote…
Uncategorized ‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-lifestyle-nhl-ap-top-news-4c4d04b03dc0f3a070e287be092c50d4
Robin DiAngelo Identity Politics All progress we have made in the realm of civil rights has been accomplished through identity politics: women’s suffrage, the American with Disabilities Act, Title 9, federal recognition of same-sex…
Uncategorized Indigenous Americans demand a reckoning with brutal colonial history https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/27/indigenous-americans-protesting-brutal-colonial-history
brenda salter mcneil We must awaken this reality in society The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only threatens people’s physical safety but also does violence to their…
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/
Mark Feldmeir A Christian response to climate change A Christian response to climate change begins with reclaiming the intimate connection humans once had with creation through simple practices such as gardening, animal husbandry, composting, harvesting rainwater, birdwatching, spending…
Jeff Burns How My Momma Saved Me From Racism by Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/06/how-my-momma-save-me-from-racism/
Robert Putnam An increasingly cutthroat social and economic contest Some Americans have reacted to these many forms of dislocation by turning on their perceived adversaries in an increasingly cutthroat social and economic contest. Racism and gender discrimination persist and…
Uncategorized Patriot games: CRT, Christian nationalism and a battle for the real truth of America https://religionnews.com/2021/07/02/patriot-games-crt-christian-nationalism-and-a-battle-for-the-real-truth-of-america/
Vote Common Good Faith Groups Launch New Curriculum in Bid to Address Surge in Christian Nationalism https://www.newsweek.com/faith-groups-launch-new-curriculum-bid-address-surge-christian-nationalism-1606701
Uncategorized Gay couple wins case against florist after Supreme Court rejects appeal LGBTQ advocates hailed the Court's affirmation of anti-discrimination law https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gay-couple-wins-case-florist-supreme-court-rejects/story?id=78631214
