Uncategorized Reflections on Challenging Times by Doug Lyman From my experiences as a Benedictine monk for 20 years, as well as what I’ve learned from being a money manager, I’d like to offer some words…
Father James Martin Faith in the time of Coronavirus by Father James Martin The coronavirus pandemic is confusing and frightening for hundreds of millions of people. That is not surprising. Many around the world are sick and many others have died.…
Patricia Raybon God’s Your Guardian by Patricia Raybon https://www.patriciaraybon.com/gods-your-guardian/
Uncategorized Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day https://medium.com/@ariadnelabs/social-distancing-this-is-not-a-snow-day-ac21d7fa78b4
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…
Uncategorized The boss who put everyone on 70K A tech boss in Seattle introduced a $70,000 minimum salary for all his staff - by cutting his own wages. Five years on, he has no regrets. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51332811
Religion News Service Few Americans see the Democratic presidential candidates as very religious, according to a survey released Thursday (Feb. 27) by Pew Research Center from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/02/27/what-religious-left-few-americans-see-democratic-presidential-candidates-as-religious/
Kaitlin Curtice A Community of Unknowing by Kaitlin Curtice A community of unknowing embraces those parts of our humanity and our sacred belonging that lean into how important it is to name the fact that we…
Sojourners Do You Live Near The Toxic 100? A report today released by the United Church of Christ identifies the nation’s “Toxic 100” super polluters, naming the factories and facilities responsible for nearly half the toxic air emissions…
Religion News Service “When racism raises its ugly head, we must fight. As we fight, we must love.” The South Carolina minister who fought a Klan shop is now depicted in a new movie. https://religionnews.com/2020/02/26/s-c-minister-who-fought-redneck-shop-and-preaches-love-now-depicted-in-movie/
Jennifer Grant Midlife, Bánh mì, and Me by Jennifer Grant (Hanoi, Vietnam) The Sandwich Generation When I was writing my midlife memoir, I read up on the particular challenges of "middle adulthood," as it's sometimes so tastefully…
