Father James Martin This Lent, don’t be a jerk by Father James Martin Instead of giving something up how about doing something positive? https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/03/09/lent-dont-be-jerk
Religion News Service The stories we tell about our country and our faith matter Too many influential people believe and tell the story that either a diverse America is a threat to Christianity, or that Christianity is a threat to a diverse America. But…
Kaitlin Curtice, Sojourners We Can Do Hard Things and Survive, Together by Kaitlin Curtice https://sojo.net/articles/we-can-do-hard-things-and-survive-together
Religion News Service Buttigieg’s candidacy made being gay and openly Christian normal, LGBT activists say from Religion News Service Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly gay presidential candidate to win primary delegates before ending his campaign on Sunday. But LGBT advocates working for…
Uncategorized What’s spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus, experts say, has led to racist and xenophobic attacks against fellow Americans or anyone in the US who looks East Asian. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/us/coronavirus-racist-attacks-against-asian-americans/index.html
Religion News Service A new book encourages Christian voters ‘Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk’ Eugene Cho said he quit writing his latest book, “Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics,” four times. The pastor, author and founder of the…
Uncategorized The Saint John’s Bible Illuminates the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women Professor Lauren Winner from the Duke Divinity School brought The Saint John's Bible to the women's prison, where the opportunity to view renowned art is a rarity. What happened next…
Uncategorized How has the fight for #LGBTQ rights changed over the last two presidential administrations? from NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/02/804873211/whiplash-of-lgbtq-protections-and-rights-from-obama-to-trump
Brian McLaren God’s Beautiful Balanced Garden A meditation from Brian McLaren https://www.trcnyc.org/bsag-06-07/
Religion News Service Human Rights Campaign starts election-season focus on LGBTQ, religious relations The Human Rights Campaign — which works to promote LGBTQ equality — has started an election-season tour in which its president will visit houses of worship of different faiths to…
Frederick Buechner Compassion by Frederick Buechner Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it's like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and…