Susan K. Smith Breathing Easier but Not Easily by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2021/02/06/breathing-easier-but-not-easily/
Matthew Tennant Pray for them One way we grow closer to others is to pray for them. By lifting up another person in prayer, it becomes much more difficult to hate or embrace divisions. Beyond…
brenda salter mcneil Offering a larger narrative to which people can connect and rebuild their story The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only threatens people’s physical safety but also does violence to their…
Religion News Service National unity isn’t just possible, it’s worth working for The question is not really whether we can achieve national unity. It is whether we are willing to do the work. https://religionnews.com/2021/02/02/national-unity-isnt-just-possible-its-worth-working-for/
Mark Feldmeir Homesickness – the longing for home. Frederick Buechner points out that the word “longing” comes from the same root as the word “long,” in the sense of length and time, as in, “it’s a long line,”…
Religion News Service What next? Christian leaders offer advice for confronting Christian nationalism One good first step for Christians is to learn more about Christian nationalism — and why it conflicts with Christianity. https://religionnews.com/2021/01/28/what-next-christian-leaders-offer-advice-for-confronting-christian-nationalism/
Religion News Service Reconciliation needs truth by Jim Wallis https://religionnews.com/2021/01/29/reconciliation-needs-truth/
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons To de-radicalize the story, to make it anything other than extreme, is to reduce the clear message of the early church. “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” a rich young ruler asked Jesus (Mark 10:17). Many conservative Christians offer an easy answer for that question, claiming that…
brenda salter mcneil Lies left unchecked can become dangerous Living in isolation and insulation allows us to develop these prejudices based on post-truth rhetoric. Author, lecturer, and former educator Nathan Rutstein describes it like this: “Prejudice (is) an emotional…
Religion News Service From $500,000 to $785, Maryland Episcopal churches commit to reparations from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/01/27/from-500000-to-785-maryland-episcopal-churches-commit-to-reparations/
Religion News Service I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together? from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/01/26/i-have-election-protestors-and-never-trumpers-in-my-pews-how-can-we-move-forward-together/
Uncategorized Talking with the other side by Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/talking-with-the-other-side
Uncategorized Biden’s Early Move to Deliver on His Promise of Racial Equity The president signed four executive orders meant to thwart discrimination against minorities – the start of a broad-based plan to address racial equity. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-26/bidens-early-move-to-deliver-on-his-promise-of-racial-equity
Robin DiAngelo We don’t see ourselves in racial terms I am a white American raised in the United States. I have a white frame of reference and a white worldview, and I move through the world with a white…
Religion News Service Biden’s first 100 days: What’s not for evangelicals to like? Biden’s agenda for his first 100 days shares many concerns championed by white evangelicals. by Jonathan Merritt https://religionnews.com/2021/01/25/bidens-first-100-days-whats-not-for-evangelicals-to-like/
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Trump fueled conservative Christian power. But with Biden and Warnock, that can change. For decades, conservatives controlled American religious discourse. But a progressive coalition is on the rise. (Got that right!!) https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-fueled-conservative-christian-power-biden-warnock-can-change-ncna1255461
Diana Butler Bass Gratitude empowers us "Gratitude empowers us. It makes joy and love possible. It rearranges the way we see and experience what is all around us. Gratitude does not fix things. It transforms how…
Father James Martin God’s voice or mine? 7 tips on what to listen to in prayer by Father James Martin https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/01/21/james-martin-book-excerpt-prayer-god-239756
Uncategorized Biden has an opportunity to win over conservative Christians by Doug Pagitt https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/533949-bidens-has-an-opportunity-to-win-over-conservative-christians
Uncategorized Refusing to Be Erased by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2021/01/20/refusing-to-be-erased/
William Barber At inaugural prayer service, a message of renewal and ‘repairing the breach’ The service featured prayers and sermons from some of Donald Trump's biggest religious critics. https://religionnews.com/2021/01/21/at-inaugural-prayer-service-a-message-of-renewal-and-repairing-the-breach/
