Some people don’t think much about their faith.
For them, it’s primarily a matter of belonging (I enjoy being part of a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or dharma […]
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Greater awareness of racism
I do not presume to have arrived on the issue, or to be “woke.” I simply want to share with
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The transformation of hearts is essential
Opposing racism but not being active in combatting it sounds rather benign. Forfeiting opportunities to act creatively for race relations
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The cycle hardened the racist ideas inside me
Like the famous question about the chicken and the egg, the answer is less important than the cycle it describes.
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Weapons into Tools
By Christy Berghoef https://blog.reformedjournal.com/2021/09/06/weapons-into-tools/
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Racial Awareness and Mindfulness Festival 2021
Learn more and register here: http://raf2021.eventbrite.com/ On Saturday October 16, 2021, people across the globe are invited to come together
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Contributions of this book
Though we intend for this book to be introductory, we also hope that it will make substantive contributions to larger
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They refused to integrate
The Baptist denominational history is not unique in American Christianity. Virtually all of the major white mainline Protestant denominations split
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Healing Our Divides: Why This Matters
Thank you Brian McLaren and Red Letter Christians!https://www.redletterchristians.org/healing-our-divides-why-this-matters/
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Some Americans No Longer Believe in the Common Good
By Silas House https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/some-americans-no-longer-believe-in-the-common-good/619856/
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America is good.
Americans are good. In his July 2019 newsletter to his followers, evangelical leader James Dobson described a visit to the
A troubling similarity
The United States in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s was startlingly similar to today. Inequality, political polarization, social dislocation, and
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Illinois city’s reparations plan was heralded – but locals say it’s a cautionary tale
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/18/evanston-illinois-reparations-plan-cautionary-tale
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Something about the Web environment
Consider, as an alternate scenario, the story of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the
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Contrived excuses rather than convincing explanations
Before becoming a pastor, I thought more time in Bible study, more time in prayer, more time exposed to hymns
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More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents reported in US since pandemic started
Stop AAPI Hate documents 9,081 reports since March 2020, including harassment, shunning and physical assault https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/12/anti-asian-stop-aapi-hate-covid-report
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Styrofoam Jesus, or, Autism and My First Communion
by Daniel Bowman Jr. https://sojo.net/articles/styrofoam-jesus-or-autism-and-my-first-communion
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Netflix’s ‘Pray Away’ Is A Humanizing Look At ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy Survivors
“It’s undeniable that this movement causes harm,” said filmmaker Kristine Stolakis, whose late uncle hoped to “cure” his trans identity
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“True Christians”
Americans have never had a monolithic view of Jesus, nor have they had a monolithic understanding of what Christianity is.
This Is the End of Affirmative Action
What are we going to do about it? By Adam Harris https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/the-end-of-affirmative-action/619488/
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How can we talk about race without the defensiveness, reflexivity, and scapegoating?
Baltimore, Ferguson, Charlottesville, Charleston. Trevon, Tamir, Sandra, Philando, and Freddie. Kaepernick, Serena, Barkley, and Lebron. White supremacy, white privilege, white
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