Robert P. Jones The Sacred Work of White Discomfort by Robert P. Jones https://robertpjones.substack.com/p/the-sacred-work-of-white-discomfort
Brian McLaren Once they practiced denial, deception, and cover-up Of course, now that I’m a bit older and have had my own skirmishes with self-sabotage, I’ve come to wonder if my colleagues and I had it all wrong. It…
Uncategorized How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing” by Maria Popova https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/31/how-to-love-thich-nhat-hanh/
Catherine Meeks Being active in reconciling processes Churches committed to overcoming racism will need to be sensitive to the diverse experiences and feelings that may exist in an interracial gathering. Some processes of coming together may flow…
Uncategorized Heavy Burdens and Hope by Rachel Ophoff https://thechristianresistance.com/heavy-burdens-and-hope/
Ibram X. Kendi “Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.” “We must put drug abuse on the run through stronger law enforcement,” Reagan said in the Rose Garden. It wasn’t drug abuse that was put on the run, of course,…
Uncategorized Change the social order A fourth concern is whether, by talking about White supremacy and employing the racialized language of “White” and “Black,” we are perpetuating racial divisions in our communities and obstructing the…
Uncategorized Churches’ ministry to those hurt by the pandemic shows ‘monumental’ growth, study says https://religionnews.com/2021/12/21/churches-adapt-social-ministries-even-as-they-lose-members-to-the-pandemic/
Leigh Finke Gender dysphoria Transgender is (like all letters in the LGBTQ+ acronym) an adjective, not a noun. The word describes a person who has the sustained experience of gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria: noun…
Sojourners How Will We Teach Our Kids About Jan. 6? by Adam Russell Taylor of Sojourners https://sojo.net/articles/how-will-we-teach-our-kids-about-jan-6
John Pavlovitz, Uncategorized Welcome To The New Wild West by Rachel Ophoff https://thechristianresistance.com/welcome-to-the-new-wild-west/
John Pavlovitz The World Needs Good News This Year. Give it Some. by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2022/01/01/the-world-needs-good-news-this-year-give-it-some/
Uncategorized Be the flame of democracy on Jan. 6 by the Auburn Senior Fellows https://religionnews.com/2022/01/04/be-the-flame-of-democracy-on-jan-6/ On Jan. 6, 2022, candlelight vigils across our nation will light a clear path forward for the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden. Every…
Uncategorized Braveheart: President Donald J. Trump by Kristin du Mez https://uncivilreligion.org/home/braveheart-president-donald-j-trump
Heather McGhee Racism got in the way of all of us having nice things It was a dramatic finding, but it still wasn’t clear to me why white people would view the presence of more people of color as a threat to their status,…
John Pavlovitz Eclipse it with generosity In some ways, the kind of isolation and restrictions we’ve been living with during the virus outbreak has done something incredibly useful. It’s renovated our collective religion by separating us…
Uncategorized Why Pastors Are Joining the Great Resignation https://sojo.net/articles/why-pastors-are-joining-great-resignation
Ibram X. Kendi We must first take account of race As President Lyndon B. Johnson said in 1965, “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the…
Brian McLaren All these observations piled up like a stack of firewood Before becoming a pastor, I thought more time in Bible study, more time in prayer, more time exposed to hymns and worship songs, more time in Christian fellowship meant my…
Brian McLaren, Uncategorized Faithful Creation Care Check out this Q&A from the 2021 Wild Goose Festival:
Uncategorized Entitlement Another frequently heard concern regards entitlements, and whether reparations might contribute to a culture of entitlement among African Americans. We will limit ourselves to two responses. First, this concern fundamentally…
