Robert P. Jones White Christians stand out in their negative attitudes about racial, ethnic, and religious minorities To be sure, most white denominations, and most white Christians, have today taken pains to distance themselves from slavery, the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation, and overtly racist…
Susan K Smith The religion of empire Even within Christianity itself, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of denominations all claiming to know the true message of Jesus the Christ. Now, as in ancient and pre-biblical days,…
Robert P. Jones The Sacred Work of White Discomfort by Robert P. Jones https://robertpjones.substack.com/p/the-sacred-work-of-white-discomfort
Brian McLaren For herd animals like us Now when it comes to intellectual doubt, you’re dealing primarily with your meaning module, the part of your brain committee that thinks critically and analytically. But your meaning module’s independent…
Duke Kwon Convictions Our response is framed by seven core convictions that we believe are foundational to a constructive engagement with the work of reparations. The first regards the nature of racism itself.…
Brian McLaren 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 group) or of survival (I don’t want to go to…
Shane Claiborne Weapons into Tools By Christy Berghoef https://blog.reformedjournal.com/2021/09/06/weapons-into-tools/
Brian McLaren 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 and worship songs, more time in Christian fellowship meant my…
Susan K Smith “True Christians” Americans have never had a monolithic view of Jesus, nor have they had a monolithic understanding of what Christianity is. In fact, so-called liberals and conservatives are miles apart when…
Uncategorized United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
Susan K Smith Some Assumptions In This Book This book is laid out upon a few assumptions. FIrst is that in order to be a Christian, one must read, know, and follow the words and commandments of Jesus…
Vote Common Good Faith Groups Launch New Curriculum in Bid to Address Surge in Christian Nationalism https://www.newsweek.com/faith-groups-launch-new-curriculum-bid-address-surge-christian-nationalism-1606701
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Jesus calls us This book focuses on the type of progressive Christian political engagement championed by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others in the public square and outside the walls…
Brandan Robertson 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
Jeff Burns 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/
brenda salter mcneil 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 if I could convince evangelical Christians that reconciliation was not…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons 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 countless activists bogged down by un-Christlike conservativism prevailing in our…
Brian McLaren Falling Upward Back in 2011, Richard Rohr wrote a book called Falling Upward. Richard, a warmhearted Franciscan brother, Catholic priest, insightful teacher, and bestselling author, is founder of the Center for Action…
Mark Feldmeir Three core commitments For Jesus, a politics of love manifests itself in the form of compassion, which in Latin means literally to “suffer with another.” Genuine compassion evokes a deep concern for the…
