Recommended Children’s Books Board Books (Ages Newborn - 3) God Loves You - by Kathleen Long BostromGod’s Dream - by Archbishop Desmond TutuA is for Activist - by Innosanto Nagara (board book version)Counting…
Uncategorized Prolonged Complex Compassion Fatigue: An Outcome of Caring Deeply by Kay F. Klinkenborg I have a new phrase, “Prolonged Complex Compassion Fatigue”1 to describe our accumulated experiences as we enter the third year of a world pandemic. No one…
Disability Resources Curated by the late Jim McIntire Listed below you will find recommended online resources. General Resources “That All May Worship.” https://www.aapd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/That-All-May-Worship.pdf “The Church and People with Disabilities: Awareness, Accessibility, and…
Parker Palmer We must find ways to bridge our differences If we want to “create a politics worthy of the human spirit,” we must find ways to bridge our differences, whether they are defined by age, gender, class, race, ethnicity,…
John Pavlovitz Theology is unmasked in crisis It’s tempting to get ahead of ourselves when adversity visits. If we’re being honest, on our very best days a terrifying sense of scarcity is always hovering in the periphery…
Brian McLaren The latest thoughts from Brian: Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate…
Uncategorized What We Can Learn From Waiting by Lori Erickson https://mailchi.mp/e1b40e7c1f68/waiting?e=e2fa9bfa35
Barbara Brown Taylor Once you have given up knowing who is right, it is easy to see neighbors everywhere you look. Lately I have begun to notice how my holy envy of friends in other traditions moves around the circle back to me. An observant Jewish friend tells me that he…
Maya Angelou Mother’s Long View Independence is a heady draft, and if you drink it in your youth it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine. It does not matter…
Robin DiAngelo Making sure that others see us as having arrived None of the white people whose actions I describe in this book would identify as racist. In fact, they would most likely identify as racially progressive and vehemently deny any…
Madeleine L’Engle Excerpts from Madeleine's books, and other reflections: Madeleine L'Engle Camp (November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer of young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in…
Christians Engaging Those of Other Faiths curated by Barbara Brown Taylor Introductory Texts The World’s Religions by Huston Smith Understanding the Religions of the World: An Introduction by Willoughby Deming My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious…
Online Bible Studies and Book Discussion Groups Curated by June Tamburro Online Courses: Center for Action and Contemplation https://cac.org/online-ed/ Founded by Fr. Richard Rohr, the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) provides online spiritual resources “to empower…
Jonny Rashid James H. Cone I first encountered the idea that God sides with the oppressed after Black liberation theology in seminary - particularly the work of theologian and thinker James H. Cone. Cone was…
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…
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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…
New York Times In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record,…
Katrina Huffman Katrina S. Huffman has been serving the nonprofit community for over two decades. She currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the International Gathering at Beth Rapha and…
Uncategorized Will We Actually Get To Vote in November? We have now crossed the threshold where we must think about the unthinkable: what happens if the November election is subverted. For the past three and a half years, we’ve…
New Ownership Announcement!Writing for Your Life andCompassionate Christianity November 16, 2022 - Kate Rademacher and Brian Allain are delighted to announce, after considerable prayer and discernment, new ownership and leadership for these innovative businesses. Effective January 1, 2023,…