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Traci Smith Traci Smith is a pastor, mother of three, and author. Traci’s passion is helping families find times for connection and spiritual nourishment amid the hustle and bustle of daily life.…
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 White noise protects us from the class-based racial nightmare in the United States We mistakenly identify racism as only brazen discrimination and physical violence. To protect ourselves, it is convenient to treat White supremacy as an anomaly unrelated to the specific social perils…
Frederick Buechner The latest thoughts from Buechner: Frederick Buechner (pronounced BEEK-ner) is an American writer and theologian. He is the author of thirty-eight published books and has been an important source of…
Astronomy It’s likely that humans have been looking at the sky and imagining God (or gods) for tens of thousands of years, if not longer. The heavens have always ignited our…
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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…
Quantum Physics Discoveries in QP have fundamentally changed our perception of reality. How does our heightened understanding of the innermost workings of the universe affect our belief in God, our understanding of…
Uncategorized The kids are, clearly, not all right In a study from the year 2000, psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge performed a meta-analysis of anxiety in schoolchildren and college students in order to track the development of anxiety and…
Uncategorized Event: Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today – February 8, 2023 On February 8, 2023 at 10am ET, the Brookings Institution and the Public Religion Research Institute will host the release of this new groundbreaking national survey. A panel of experts…
Daniel Bowman Jr. I may have risked my career by coming forward Although I’d like to think this is not true, I may have risked my career by coming forward. Tenure-track professorships are high stakes affairs - many would like them but…
Sophfronia Scott The latest thoughts from Sophfronia: Sophfronia Scott lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut where she continues to fight a losing battle against the weeds in her flowerbeds. She holds a…
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…
Catherine Meeks The transformation of hearts is essential Opposing racism but not being active in combatting it sounds rather benign. Forfeiting opportunities to act creatively for race relations may be the greatest contributor to racism’s malignant persistence in…
Michael Junkroski Rev. Michael Junkroski, Sr. Pastor of The Current, in Naples, Florida, strives to offer many ways to discover and connect to a higher way of being human. As a postmodern, progressive…
Sabbath Curated by Kate Rademacher Many of us are exhausted, overwhelmed, and burnt-out. We’re anxious about our own lives, and we’re anxious about the state of the world. There is a…
Father James Martin The latest thoughts from Father James Martin: The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author and editor at large at America, the national Catholic magazine. His…
Kerry Connelly Types of privilege White privilege means that even though your life may not be easy, the color of your skin does not provide additional obstacles to your success. Because privilege is often invisible…
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Brian McLaren Interpretation Today’s guest quote is by Brian McLaren, from A New Kind of Christianity: As I look back on my own experience with the Bible, I figure I've heard or given over…