Amanda Henderson Definitions From “Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times” by Amanda Henderson - Chalice Press I begin by laying the groundwork for our shared labor with definitions, as defined by Merriam-Webster…
Patricia Raybon Solving the Secret of Everyday Love by Patricia Raybon As Wendell Berry wrote, community “is the ability to pass time with people you do not and will not know well, talking about nothing in particular, with…
Sojourners Unequal suffering: Here’s how Congress should help by Jim Wallis While each of us has borne a variety of new burdens and dangers during this pandemic, those burdens are by no means distributed equally. On the one…
Madeleine L'Engle Taking Being Time I sit on my favourite rock, looking over the brook, to take time away from busyness, time to be. I’ve long since stopped feeling guilty about taking being time; it’s…
Susan K. Smith Both the church and the state, when it came to racism, were weak from the start. As slavery continued to thrive in the United States, slave traders, many of whom called themselves Christian, participated in the business of selling human beings. As the economy of the…
Brandan Robertson Society was set up to give me, as a white man, every opportunity to succeed The primary reason that I was able to rise above the circumstances of my upbringing is because the society was set up to give me, as a white man, every…
Heather McGhee Why would white voters have rallied to the flag of a man whose agenda promised to wreak economic, social, and environmental havoc on them along with everyone else? On the day Donald Trump was to take the oath of office in 2017, I’d been the president of Demos for three years. I was gearing up to fight against…
Uncategorized Where is your outrage? Throughout the Trump administration, many people thought that my overt political messaging and call to action were a problem for my witness. I heard that protesting Trump's manifestly racist actions…
Lori Erickson Lori Erickson, an Episcopal deacon, is one of America’s top travel writers specializing in spiritual travels. She’s the author of Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God…
Kaitlin Curtice Are We Saved or Traumatized by American Christianity? "The problem was that the Jesus we were being trained to look like doesn't look anything like the actual Jesus-- we were being trained as cogs in the machine of…
Susan K. Smith Calling God Good in Bad Times by Susan K. Smith We are constantly on the lookout for a “good” God, and to be honest, sometimes we say God is good when we are full of doubt…
Podcast Welcome to the Compassionate Christianity Podcast! We feature interviews with authors and activists of interest to compassionate Christians. New episode: Book interview with Sophfronia Scott, author of Wild, Beautiful, and…
Kerry Connelly Progressives in general don’t handle the situation much better As proudly as I adhere to progressive principles and beliefs, I’ll also happily tell you that progressives in general don’t handle the situation much better. We’re quick to vilify conservatives,…
Barbara Brown Taylor The most troubling question of all was why my religion seemed so much less gracious That first field trip opened a whole new folder of questions for me, both as a person and as a teacher of young persons. Is it better to read about…
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…
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…
Brian McLaren The choice for many Christians is easy: it’s better for the good guys to win while breaking the rules than for the bad guys to win according to the rules It’s not just contorted history and science that predominate: it’s also twisted, constricted politics. Since democracy is never found in the Bible and since it is only applied in very…
Archaeology Archaeology helps us better discern our history, which in written form is highly subjective. There’s a reason we’ve all heard the phrase, “History is written by the victors,” even though…
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…
Lisa Sharon Harper Who benefits from this law? But the law erected barriers to Fortune and her daughters marrying any man, Black or White. White men who chose to marry any of the Game/Fortune women would be indentured…
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