Uncategorized Roger Stone and Michael Flynn under fire over rallies ‘distorting Christianity’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/14/roger-stone-michael-flynn-distorting-christianity-reawaken-america
Brandan Robertson Defining Privilege Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines “privilege” as “a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor.” In other words, it’s some form of advantage given to a particular group…
Robert P. Jones One of the most violent expressions of white supremacy One of the most violent expressions of white supremacy occured on Easter Sunday 1873 in the Baptist-dominated town of Colfax, Louisiana. The state was still reeling from defeat in the…
Andre Henry I know I’m not the only Black person to have ever sidestepped the revolution I blush to admit that pre-apocalyptic Andre didn’t see racism as being endemic to American society. I once believed racism was primarily an emotional attitude rooted in ignorance, an irrational…
Uncategorized What our physical bodies have to teach us about healing wounds within community As Bem and I considered how we might communicate what our physical bodies have to teach us about healing wounds within community, we were reminded of the parables told by…
Brandan Robertson An exploration of the idea of privilege This book is an exploration of the idea of privilege through the lens of the example set by a radical rabbi from Nazareth named Jesus. The goal of this book…
Uncategorized When Your Job Fills In for Your Faith, That’s a Problem from the New York Times by Carolyn Chen
Uncategorized America’s Blood Moon: Do not look away by Angela Denker https://churchanew.org/blog/posts/angela-denker-americas-blood-moon-do-not-look-away
John Pavlovitz Human or a jerk? Generally speaking, it isn’t necessarily our particular theological worldview, political perspective, or personal opinion that is problematic, but the manner in which we wield them and our purpose for wielding…
Uncategorized The Christian leader trying to break America’s link between faith and guns https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/19/buffalo-shooting-peter-cook-christians-guns
Uncategorized To those who are learning about injustices for the first time Ibram X. Kendi’s term “anti-racist” has offered white people a language for how to address injustice: “The opposite of ‘racist” isn’t ‘not racist’. It is ‘anti-racist’.....One either allows racial inequities…
Uncategorized A Pro-Choice Man Grieving Pro-Life Women by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2022/05/11/a-pro-choice-man-grieving-pro-life-women/
Uncategorized ‘My Body Is Not a Prayer Request’ imagines a disability-centered church https://religionnews.com/2022/05/12/amy-kennys-my-body-is-not-a-prayer-request-imagines-a-disability-centered-church/
Uncategorized Love matters In 1951 British psychologist John Bowlby proposed something radical concerning human development. Bowlby proposed that love matters. And not just in a philosophical or a poetic sense. Love, he theorized,…
Uncategorized Weaving racial hierarchy into legal structure Maryland colonists enslaved Africans as early as 1640, but legislators did not begin to embed slavery into the colony’s legal framework until 1664. Four elements converged to launch Maryland’s quest…
Uncategorized Our awareness of transcendence Let’s start at the heart of the matter with a simple definition: What is the human capacity for spirituality? At the core of spirituality is the transcendent relationship, a dynamic…
Andre Henry For many, the fight for racial justice begins with a wake-up call that demands we unlearn the whitewashed histories we were taught Because most people don’t know what racism is, they don’t know how to fight it. This is even true of the millions of people who’ve taken to the streets because…
Uncategorized For White People Tired of Being Called “Racist” by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/11/10/for-white-people-tired-of-being-called-racist/ "I’m tired of white people supporting a political party incessantly working to keep people of color from voting and feigning outrage at the suggestion they may…
Uncategorized Social Construction of Race in the United States Freedom and equality - regardless of religion or class status - were radical new ideas when the United States was formed. At the same time, the US economy was based…
Uncategorized Don’t You Get Weary by Susan K. Williams Smith The late Congressman John Lewis said “our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year. It is the…
