The Guardian Colin Kaepernick is the black Grinch for those who dream of a white America by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The tactics used to discredit the former quarterback are how conservative America has always treated black athletes who speak out. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/05/colin-kaepernick-kareem-abdul-jabbar
Uncategorized 87 Percent of Americans Unaware There’s Scientific Consensus on Climate Change from Weather.com https://weather.com/science/environment/news/americans-climate-change-scientific-consensus
Uncategorized Trump’s EPA is checking off an anti-environment wish list. Here’s who will suffer. Every day that the EPA quietly ticks off another item, the social and financial consequences are being shifted from polluters to at-risk communities. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-epa-checking-anti-environment-wish-list-here-s-ncna1086321
Uncategorized NEW REPORT: EARTH’S TEMPERATURE LIKELY MARKS HOTTEST DECADE ON RECORD BY MATTHEW GREEN, REUTERS https://sojo.net/articles/new-report-earths-temperature-likely-marks-hottest-decade-record
Religion News Service The priest who channeled Black Power into the Catholic Church from Religion News Service Thanksgiving week began in mourning for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and many black Catholics, as news came that the Rev. George H. Clements passed away…
Uncategorized What We Can Learn From Waiting by Lori Erickson https://mailchi.mp/e1b40e7c1f68/waiting?e=e2fa9bfa35
Sophfronia Scott Writing and Living into the Next Thought by Sophfronia Scott I find myself in an odd place. I’m mapping the landscape of a fresh loss even as I am untangling a transition in one of my essays.…
The Guardian Coal power becoming ‘uninsurable’ as firms refuse cover from The Guardian The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time US companies have taken action, leaving Lloyd’s of…
The Guardian John Kerry launches coalition to fight climate crisis: ‘We are way behind’ from The Guardian Bipartisan bloc aims to convince people that rapid action is required to halt carbon emissions within 30 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/01/john-kerry-coalition-climate-crisis
Kaitlin Curtice Let’s Acknowledge Our Holiday Tensions by Kaitlin Curtice https://kaitlincurtice.com/2019/12/01/lets-acknowledge-our-holiday-tensions/
Henri Nouwen Henri Nouwen on celebrating the holidays — and every day Excerpted from “Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in An Age of Anxiety,” drawn from talks given by the Catholic priest and theologian while he was teaching at Harvard Divinity…
Religion News Service How colonialism still colors our ideas about who gets to teach religion by Simran Jeet Singh Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/26/the-scandal-of-a-minority-american-teaching-a-religion-not-his-own/
Diana Butler Bass Quid Pro Woe by Diana Butler Bass https://mailchi.mp/ab31abf71aae/the-cottage-870747?e=7b45ddc50b
New York Times To Take on the Religious Right, We Need a Religious Left By Bianca Vivion Brooks in the New York Times
Religion News Service Before we can rein in hate crime, we have to admit the size of the problem by Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/18/before-we-can-rein-in-hate-crime-we-have-to-admit-the-size-of-the-problem/
Religion News Service John Perkins: On race and the church, authentic friendship, considering heaven by Adelle Banks, Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/20/john-perkins-on-race-and-the-church-authentic-friendship-considering-heaven/
Uncategorized World’s Largest Public Bank Ditches Oil and Coal in Victory for the Climate Movement from EcoWatch https://www.ecowatch.com/eib-fossil-fuel-divestment-2641351165.html
Philip Yancey An Anniversary Worth Remembering - by Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/an-anniversary-worth-remembering
Father James Martin Thanksgiving should be a daily occurrence, not an annual one by Father James Martin https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/11/18/thanksgiving-should-be-daily-occurrence-not-annual-one
Jacqui Lewis Thoughts and Prayers: A Mosaic Concert to Disarm Hate from Middle Collegiate Church in NYC https://www.facebook.com/MiddleCollegiateChurch/videos/777553159381995/UzpfSTIxMjkzMzU2ODcyNDEzNDozNzUwODYwMzM4MjY0NzU1/
