“Hawaii constitutes an unusually crisp comparison between for-profit and nonprofit utilities: all the islands besides Kauai get power from investor-owned, […]
Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid Read More »
From “Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of Victims” by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw – Fortress Press Roman-occupied Judea was a
We don’t keep the social and economic background of Jesus’ ministry in our minds Read More »
By Patricia Raybon Ibrahim Songne, at age 12, immigrated to Italy from West Africa, not knowing Italian, fighting a stutter,
By Jim Wallis https://open.substack.com/pub/jimwallis/p/the-unholy-trinity-of-authoritarianism?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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From “The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy” by Christopher Beem As
As the rest of the world slowly rebuilt Read More »
Distinct from “voter fraud,” which is almost non-existent in the United States, election manipulation includes election procedures that make it
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From “The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery” by Sarah Augustine From invasion to
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To tackle homelessness faster, LA has a kind of real estate agency for the unhoused Read More »
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-church-new-life-as-greenhouse-1.6997710
Old Quebec church gets new lease on life as greenhouse to combat food insecurity Read More »
From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler Segregation under the Jim Crow laws was not
Instilling self-hatred Read More »
There’s essentially no clean hydrogen produced in the U.S. today, but developers are hustling to build projects to supply low-carbon
We need green hydrogen to clean up heavy industry. Who’s making it? Read More »
From “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” by Ryan P. Burge With reinforcement such as this, the assumption
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From “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” by Timothy Snyder As observers of totalitarianism such as Victor Klemperer
Truth dies in four modes Read More »
One-third of white evangelical Protestants support the idea, significantly more than any other religious group.
Poll: More religious Americans support the use of political violence Read More »
From “Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair” by Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson A fourth concern is
A desire to simply move past the trauma Read More »
By Lesa Engelthaler, featuring Brian McLaren, Wil Gafney, and Aaron Manes https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=984ebdc3-d4c1-4dc2-9ca2-9fe2ea9b8860&appcode=DMNUAT&eguid=7037dfad-49f4-4ba5-88b6-aff9871d7e4d&pnum=161#
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By Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-johnson-lgbtq-rcna122550
I’ve picked up plenty of Bibles, Mike Johnson. I didn’t see your hate anywhere. Read More »
From “On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity” by Daniel Bowman Jr. What are some childish attitudes
