Caught in a culture war, this multiracial family navigates a predominantly White evangelical world
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/06/01/evangelical-christian-race-southern-baptist/
When a paradigm fails
For many of us, faith is our map of reality, our map of the universe. It tells us where we
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Growing Up White In The Segregated South: Forbidden Friendship
by Dr. Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/06/growing-up-white-in-the-segregated-south-forbidden-friendship/
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Lovers of Peace Must Organize
from Red Letter Christians https://www.redletterchristians.org/lovers-of-peace-must-organize/
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The one where I lose some F R I E N D S
by Vanessa Ryerse https://www.vanessaryerse.com/post/the-one-where-i-lose-some-f-r-i-e-n-d-s
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Diametrically Opposed Belief Systems
If it was puzzling to me how, in spite of the presence of God and the Bible there could be
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We have a moral obligation
In the debate over climate change, does it not make logical sense to take out a life insurance policy on
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Evangelical Christians must rethink their reflexive support for Israel
By Greg Khalil from Telos. Four reasons evangelicals are reluctant to support equality for Palestinians and Israelis publicly. https://religionnews.com/2021/05/27/evangelical-christians-must-rethink-their-reflexive-support-for-israel/
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What are you going to do about it?
To understand my evolution as a reconciliation leader, you must first understand that I began my journey sincerely believing that
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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,