Religion News Service William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/william-barber-preaches-at-easter-vigil-service-acknowledging-christian-palestinians/
Otis Moss III Black and Asian Christian leaders discuss role of church in fighting racism By Emily McFarlan Miller - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/black-and-asian-christian-leaders-discuss-role-of-church-in-fighting-racism/
Uncategorized The Social Nature of Gender For many people, the idea that gender is a changing social construct goes against what they believe about how men and women should look and act. But if we consider…
The Guardian ‘Allergic reaction to US religious right’ fueling decline of religion, experts say Alison Gill, vice-president for legal and policy at American Atheists, who authored a report into the creep of Christian extremism in the US, warned that the drop-off in religious adherence…
Uncategorized 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 way our stupid human brains will equate this to people…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Why I’m going to church for Easter by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/03/opinions/easter-jesus-gallup-poll-church-decline-graves-fitzsimmons/index.html
Maya Angelou, Uncategorized Home From “Letter to My Daughter” by Maya Angelou I was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but from the age of three I grew up in Stamps, Arkansas, with my…
Shane Claiborne Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Is he weeping over our gun problem? by Shane Claiborne https://religionnews.com/2021/03/30/jesus-wept-over-jerusalem-is-he-weeping-over-our-gun-problem/
Shane Claiborne How Much Hate Does It Take to Make a Hate Crime? by Angela Denker https://www.redletterchristians.org/how-much-hate-does-it-take-to-make-a-hate-crime/
Shane Claiborne Easter Encouragement for the Spiritually Homeless by Rachel Ophoff https://www.redletterchristians.org/easter-encouragement-for-the-spiritually-homeless/
Sojourners We Have A Chance To Redeem Voting Rights https://sojo.net/articles/we-have-chance-redeem-voting-rights
Brian McLaren Spirit Today’s guest quote is by Brian D. McLaren, from Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: “Pentecostalism in its first dynamic century has helped us see (among…
Diana Butler Bass For the first time in two months, I felt grateful. Jesus blessed history’s losers. No wonder people all those years ago had listened. No wonder they remembered and wrote it down. No wonder it is still so powerful two millennia…
Parker Palmer History has always been made by individuals doing their small parts Think about everyday experiences outside of politics - in your family, neighborhood, workplace, or the voluntary associations to which you belong. In settings of that sort, when was the last…
Uncategorized Drop by J. Dana Trent in The Christian Century https://jdanatrent.com/2021/03/drop-christian-century-essay-content-winner/
Religion News Service Study: Americans overwhelmingly support LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws The 2020 American Values Atlas study from PRRI finds that at least 60% of every U.S. religious group favors laws that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. But religious leaders…
Lenny Duncan We must dismantle, destroy, and bury white supremacy. Dear Church: “O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones” (Ezekiel 7:4-5): We must dismantle, destroy, and bury white supremacy. In…
Matthew Tennant Trying to get along Faith means Democrats and Republicans can get along. What about people from different ideological worldviews? Can they come together? Again, faith’s answer is, “Yes!” Coming together does not mean surrendering…
