Uncategorized Think yourself better: 10 rules of philosophy to live by https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/04/think-yourself-better-10-rules-of-philosophy-to-live-by
David McRaney How do minds change? I looked for a scientist who could help me answer a question I had never really considered asking, one that was now making my brain itch. Why do we argue?…
Uncategorized USCCB official: The church must admit its role in destroying Native American culture ‘The truth does not hurt anyone. We have to get the truth out there,’ said the Rev. Mike Carson, chair of the bishops’ Subcommittee of Native American Affairs. ‘The avoidance…
Uncategorized The Latest Crusade to Place Religion Over the Rest of Civil Society from The New York Times (free to read)
Christopher Beem “What can I do? What can I do to help our democracy?” Some on the far left argue that democracy as we experience it is not the opposite of authoritarianism; rather, it is just a more discreet form of it. Equality is…
Lisa Sharon Harper Convict leasing Peonage caught millions of Black boys and men in the web of convict leasing by leveraging the freight-sized loophole in the Thirteenth Amendment, allowing enslavement in the case of imprisonment.…
Uncategorized Committing to a Long Journey: Indigenous Voices in Publishing https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91340-committing-to-a-long-journey-indigenous-voices-in-publishing.html
Uncategorized These events went virtually unnoticed by me until years later On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech on the Mall in Washington, D.C. I was nine. I have no…
Uncategorized At Boston-area church, a theology lab tackles complex topics with humility, curiosity In recent years, Highrock Church has held a series of conversations about topics such as Black theology and American evangelicalism — hoping to model conversations where people with differing points…
Brandan Robertson Fear is the opposite of love Fear is the opposite of love. This is probably the single most important grounding principle of my own Christian faith and theology. This became so important to me when I…
Uncategorized The Concerns of Young Evangelicals Offer Political Insights for 2024 https://religionandpolitics.org/2023/01/17/the-concerns-of-young-evangelicals-offer-political-insights-for-2024/
Idelette McVicker A Confession for Recovering Racists We acknowledge…. We acknowledge the injustice of race and racism and the harm it has inflicted on generations of people across centuries. We acknowledge that we have benefited from the…
Uncategorized Toxic polarization is poisoning American democracy. But I still have hope we can save it. by HTHOD book contributor John Wood Jr. https://news.yahoo.com/toxic-polarization-poisoning-american-democracy-101502751.html
Uncategorized ‘You have to set time aside for friendship’: the radical power of hanging out https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/19/you-have-to-set-time-aside-for-friendship-the-radical-power-of-hanging-out
Uncategorized Talking across the political aisle isn’t a cure-all – but it does help reduce hostility https://thefulcrum.us/reducing-hostility-with-cross-party-conversations
Uncategorized Social Media & The Algorithm of Fear by Kaitlin Curtice https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlincurtice/p/social-media-and-the-algorithm-of?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Mónica Guzmán The first step Asking “What am I missing?” is the first step. It’s that doorstop against cognitive closure that comes too early, that hasn’t gotten close enough to know enough at all. So…
Uncategorized What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don’t https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/what-motivates-people-to-give-generously-and-why-we-sometimes-dont
Uncategorized Hunterdon County nonprofit leader opens up about racist experiences with hopes to spark change https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/western-newjersey/hunterdon-co-nonprofit-leader-opens-up-about-racist-experiences-with-hopes-to-spark-change/article_85e015fa-74df-11ed-8765-27c77c67e364.html
Richard Rohr You are already in the eternal flow All we can give back and all God wants from any of us is to humbly and proudly return the product that we have been given - which is ourselves!…
