Parker Palmer The invisible dynamics of the human heart and the visible venues of our lives The democratic experiment is endless, unless we blow up the lab, and the explosives to do the job are found within us. But so also is the heart’s alchemy that…
Religion News Service Poor People’s Campaign, lawmakers unveil sweeping resolution to tackle poverty https://religionnews.com/2021/05/20/poor-peoples-campaign-lawmakers-unveil-sweeping-resolution-to-tackle-poverty/
Uncategorized A short history of the long conservative assault on Black voting power https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/08/politics/black-voter-suppression/index.html
Robert P. Jones The link between political leaders and prominent white churches was not just incidental It would not be until I was well into a PhD program at Emory University in my thirties that I was confronted with the brutal violence that white Christians deployed…
Parker Palmer Through the eye of the heart Looking at politics through the eye of the heart can liberate us from seeing it as a chess game of moves and countermoves or a shell game for seizing power…
Matthew Tennant Listening Listening enables us to understand the other person. When we stop what we are doing and focus our attention on the other person, we can learn something. To learn something…
Religion News Service Evangelicals are losing their climate skepticism No wonder the pushback on President Joe Biden’s climate agenda has thus far been minimal. https://religionnews.com/2021/04/28/evangelicals-are-losing-their-climate-skepticism/
Parker Palmer We must hold divisions and contradictions with compassion I discovered a book that helped me understand how heartbreak and depression - two of the most isolating and disabling experiences I know - can expand one’s sense of connectedness…
Uncategorized CDC Director Declares Racism A ‘Serious Public Health Threat’ from NPR https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/985524494/cdc-director-declares-racism-a-serious-public-health-threat
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,…
Uncategorized Can the Meritocracy Find God? from the New York Times Opinion section The secularization of America probably won’t reverse unless the intelligentsia gets religion. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/opinion/sunday/religion-meritocracy-god.html
Uncategorized Faith is positive Faith is positive. It hopes for something. It looks to the future and imagines something better. In a perfect world, everyone wins. The gospel has a universal message: “God so…
Religion News Service William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/william-barber-preaches-at-easter-vigil-service-acknowledging-christian-palestinians/
The Guardian ‘Allergic reaction to US religious right’ fueling decline of religion, experts say Alison Gill, vice-president for legal and policy at American Atheists, who authored a report into the creep of Christian extremism in the US, warned that the drop-off in religious adherence…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Why I’m going to church for Easter by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/03/opinions/easter-jesus-gallup-poll-church-decline-graves-fitzsimmons/index.html
Shane Claiborne Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Is he weeping over our gun problem? by Shane Claiborne https://religionnews.com/2021/03/30/jesus-wept-over-jerusalem-is-he-weeping-over-our-gun-problem/
Sojourners We Have A Chance To Redeem Voting Rights https://sojo.net/articles/we-have-chance-redeem-voting-rights
Parker Palmer History has always been made by individuals doing their small parts Think about everyday experiences outside of politics - in your family, neighborhood, workplace, or the voluntary associations to which you belong. In settings of that sort, when was the last…
Religion News Service Study: Americans overwhelmingly support LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws The 2020 American Values Atlas study from PRRI finds that at least 60% of every U.S. religious group favors laws that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. But religious leaders…
Matthew Tennant Trying to get along Faith means Democrats and Republicans can get along. What about people from different ideological worldviews? Can they come together? Again, faith’s answer is, “Yes!” Coming together does not mean surrendering…
