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…
Uncategorized Light and a way forward to anyone stuck in the pain of their life journey We all know at least a bit of the science of wound healing just by our life experiences. Our knees get scraped and blood oozes out. Soon it is sticky…
Uncategorized Mental health among LGBTQ+ teenagers Mental health is one of the most pressing issues facing teenagers today. Diagnoses of anxiety and depression are occurring more frequently and at increasingly younger ages. And while mental health…
Uncategorized I was lost and now I’m found Why do I tell this story in light of the abuse and murder of autistic children? And why do I tell it using only the barest outline of facts? Because…
Uncategorized The Inequality Era In the mid-1960s, the American Dream was as easy to achieve as it ever was or as been since, with good union jobs, subsidized home ownership, strong financial protections, a…
Uncategorized The legal construct of race in the United States In 1654, mixed-race Elizabeth Key legally challenged her enslavement on the basis of three points: (1) British law barred the enslavement of British citizens; (2) British common law established the…
