Brandan Robertson Our privilege is one of the primary blinders Our privilege is one of the primary blinders to our implicit bias. If we don’t have to think about how others’ biases might impact our well-being in our day-to-day lives,…
Uncategorized Radical Hospitality by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/sunday-musings-497?r=43xc6&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Uncategorized After Elizabeth: The spiritual implications of imperial succession by Lisa Sharon Harper https://religionnews.com/2022/09/15/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-on-spiritual-implications-of-imperial-succession/
Idelette McVicker For a more whole, beautiful, and just humanity Imagine that we, as white people, are in the caterpillar stage of comfortable whiteness. In her powerful poem “The Point. The Center. The Norm,” Kimberly James highlights who white people…
Stephen M. R. Covey The 4 Cores of Credibility The “4 Cores of Credibility” are the foundational elements that make you believable, both to yourself and to others. You will recognize them as the same elements that would prove…
Uncategorized “The corrupting influence of power is an old story.” https://religionnews.com/2022/09/06/the-christian-rights-original-sin/
Jonny Rashid My body has been politicized My awareness of how my body has been politicized is only apparent to me because of my lived experience; it does not make my body more political, but simply makes…
Uncategorized America’s race laws laid foundations for antidemocracy America’s race laws laid foundations for antidemocracy within the world’s first democracy. Democracy is inherently about equity and fairness - one person, one vote. Since 1662, thumbs were placed on…
Uncategorized The way in which a parent supports a child’s spiritual development has a great deal to do with how a child grows Science now tells us that this spiritual faculty is inborn, fundamental to the human constitution, central in our physiology and psychology. Spirituality links brain, mind, and body. As we’ll see…
Uncategorized Look What They’ve Done to Christianity by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2022/08/15/look-what-theyve-done-to-christianity/
Uncategorized I was surprised I grew up in the American South, in the world of white evangelicalism. I attended their churches and youth camps, trained for ministry at their schools, preached at their churches.…
Uncategorized The four stages of wound healing The four overlapping but distinct stages of wound healing are the central images of this book, which we will turn to again and again. The first stage is hemostasis, or…
Uncategorized Thank God that more people are deconstructing their faith by Brian McLaren https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/thank-god-that-more-people-are-deconstructing-their-faith/13570.article
Uncategorized Implicit bias exists unconsciously within us This unconscious discriminatory attitude is known as implicit bias or implicit social cognition and is well documented by social scientists and psychologists. The Kirwan Institute at Ohio State University defines…
Uncategorized We need an alternative populist vision to defeat the MAGA movement The moment is ripe for a different kind of popular movement that confronts divisive lies and builds broad coalitions for the common good. https://religionnews.com/2022/08/08/we-need-an-alternative-populist-vision-to-defeat-the-maga-movement/
Uncategorized There are many areas where I am alarmed There are many other areas where I am alarmed about the effects of Christianity’s biased and constricted intellectualism, not just on Christians but on everyone. For example, when Christian individuals…
Uncategorized Progressive National Baptists, AFL-CIO reunite for midterms voter initiative https://religionnews.com/2022/08/11/progressive-national-baptists-afl-cio-reunite-for-midterms-voter-initiative/
Uncategorized 10 ways to make your worship space less ableist https://religionnews.com/2022/07/29/10-ways-to-make-your-worship-space-less-ableist/
Uncategorized How to answer when Christian nationalists embrace the label as a badge of honor by Blake Chastain https://religionnews.com/2022/08/04/how-to-answer-when-christian-nationalists-embrace-the-label-as-a-badge-of-honor/
Uncategorized How dare we stay silent in the face of injustice? In 2016 I was invited to spend time on Robben Island, a small island off the coast near Cape Town that was once used as a political prison by the…
Uncategorized Over 12,000 Christians condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of Christian Nationalism https://www.insider.com/12000-christians-condemn-marjorie-taylor-greene-embrace-gop-christian-nationalism-2022-7
