The burden we have carried and continue to carry
As an African American woman, I’m acutely aware that many of us bear the weight of reconciliation in our bodies. […]
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Jesus calls us
This book focuses on the type of progressive Christian political engagement championed by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and
The link between political leaders and prominent white churches was not just incidental
It would not be until I was well into a PhD program at Emory University in my thirties that I
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Creative tension-holding
If we want to “create a politics worthy of the human spirit,” we must find ways to bridge our differences,
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The paradox
Paradox is that strange place where two things are true at the same time. Often, the two things seem diametrically
A drift toward self-centeredness
Indeed, many of the corporate titans who dominate the American imagination live by an ideology of individualism that barely masks
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6 Ways To Embrace True Inclusion In Your Faith Community
by Brandan Robertson https://chalicepress.com/blogs/news/6-ways-to-embrace-true-inclusion-in-your-faith-community
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Significantly more innovative
Working out of the legendary Santa Fe Institute, where he served as president until 2009, West assembled an international team
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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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