The language we need does not yet exist
I want at once to break down the association of “bad = dark” and “good = light” because of the […]
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Corporations’ outsized power
But the departure from our past is visible not only in rising inequality and resultant pessimism – it is also
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Reconciling our Differences by Modeling the Incarnation
from The Reformed Journal https://reformedjournal.com/reconciling-our-differences-by-modeling-the-incarnation/
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Is it just your journey, or is it our journey too?
The church I served for twenty-four years in the Washington, DC, area was full of people like you. Many were
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A short history of the long conservative assault on Black voting power
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/08/politics/black-voter-suppression/index.html
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When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets.
If, for ideological reasons, we cannot agree that human activity contributes to climate change, then we should consider it pragmatically,
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They can’t identify as Christians any longer
I’ve traveled around the country working at the intersection of progressive politics and religion for the past decade and met
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When was the last time you solved a problem by talking about people who weren’t in the room?
Think about everyday experiences outside of politics – in your family, neighborhood, workplace, or the voluntary associations to which you
The church must talk about justice
Now more than ever, those who care about the reconciliation command of the cross must speak up and out about
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Racist
Because I know the R-word freaks everybody out, let’s go about defining it too, because I mean something very
Prosperity at a cost
Were Alexis de Tocqueville to travel to America once again – further on in our national story – what might
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Falling Upward
Back in 2011, Richard Rohr wrote a book called Falling Upward. Richard, a warmhearted Franciscan brother, Catholic priest, insightful teacher,
Three core commitments
For Jesus, a politics of love manifests itself in the form of compassion, which in Latin means literally to “suffer
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Advancing a just faith in the public square
When historians look back at the history of Christianity and politics in the United States, 2016 will hopefully be marked
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The Chauvin verdict is an island of justice in a river of Black pain
We need to begin to heal from all the horrors of our histories and heritages. from Religion News Service
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Interfaith campus partnerships are building bridges to overcome our divisions
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/15/interfaith-campus-partnerships-are-building-bridges-to-overcome-our-divisions/
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“Them”
As I listen in on private and public conversations about the problems of American democracy, I’m struck time and again
Forms of Privilege
White privilege means that even though your life may not be easy, the color of your skin does not provide
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Democrats and Republicans No Longer Speak the Same Language
A dictionary for these polarized times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/infrastructure-democrats-republicans.html
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Secessionist Religion
After decades of regional tensions at the Triennial Conventions, where Baptists gathered to coordinate their church and missions work in
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