Susan K. Smith Breathing Easier but Not Easily by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2021/02/06/breathing-easier-but-not-easily/
brenda salter mcneil Offering a larger narrative to which people can connect and rebuild their story The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only threatens people’s physical safety but also does violence to their…
Religion News Service National unity isn’t just possible, it’s worth working for The question is not really whether we can achieve national unity. It is whether we are willing to do the work. https://religionnews.com/2021/02/02/national-unity-isnt-just-possible-its-worth-working-for/
Religion News Service What next? Christian leaders offer advice for confronting Christian nationalism One good first step for Christians is to learn more about Christian nationalism — and why it conflicts with Christianity. https://religionnews.com/2021/01/28/what-next-christian-leaders-offer-advice-for-confronting-christian-nationalism/
Religion News Service Reconciliation needs truth by Jim Wallis https://religionnews.com/2021/01/29/reconciliation-needs-truth/
brenda salter mcneil Lies left unchecked can become dangerous Living in isolation and insulation allows us to develop these prejudices based on post-truth rhetoric. Author, lecturer, and former educator Nathan Rutstein describes it like this: “Prejudice (is) an emotional…
Religion News Service I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together? from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/01/26/i-have-election-protestors-and-never-trumpers-in-my-pews-how-can-we-move-forward-together/
Uncategorized Talking with the other side by Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/talking-with-the-other-side
Uncategorized Biden’s Early Move to Deliver on His Promise of Racial Equity The president signed four executive orders meant to thwart discrimination against minorities – the start of a broad-based plan to address racial equity. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-26/bidens-early-move-to-deliver-on-his-promise-of-racial-equity
Religion News Service Biden’s first 100 days: What’s not for evangelicals to like? Biden’s agenda for his first 100 days shares many concerns championed by white evangelicals. by Jonathan Merritt https://religionnews.com/2021/01/25/bidens-first-100-days-whats-not-for-evangelicals-to-like/
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Trump fueled conservative Christian power. But with Biden and Warnock, that can change. For decades, conservatives controlled American religious discourse. But a progressive coalition is on the rise. (Got that right!!) https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-fueled-conservative-christian-power-biden-warnock-can-change-ncna1255461
William Barber At inaugural prayer service, a message of renewal and ‘repairing the breach’ The service featured prayers and sermons from some of Donald Trump's biggest religious critics. https://religionnews.com/2021/01/21/at-inaugural-prayer-service-a-message-of-renewal-and-repairing-the-breach/
Brandan Robertson Digital Deception: How We Ended Up Here And What We Can Do To Save Ourselves by Brandan Robertson https://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithfulprogress/2021/01/digital-deception-how-we-ended-up-here-and-what-we-can-do-to-save-ourselves/
Sophfronia Scott The Heart and the Capitol Attack by Sophfronia Scott https://sophfronia.com/the-heart-and-the-capitol-attack/
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Advancing religious freedom abroad starts at home by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons and Maggie Siddiqi https://religionnews.com/2021/01/15/advancing-religious-freedom-abroad-starts-at-home/
Religion News Service If you’re religious and supported President Trump by Jeffrey Salkin in Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/01/11/trump-capitol-religion/
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…
Uncategorized Only the Church Can Truly Defeat a Christian Insurrection by David French https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/only-the-church-can-truly-defeat
Brandan Robertson America’s Last Stand by Brandan Robertson https://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithfulprogress/2021/01/americas-last-stand/
Brian McLaren The storming of the US Capitol by Christians was a sickening sight by Brian McLaren https://www.premierchristianity.com/Blog/The-storming-of-the-US-Capitol-by-Christians-was-a-sickening-sight/ Tragically, too many American churches have become aggregators for Trumpist organizers, rendering sincere but gullible believers tools in Trump's delusional power-grab.
Uncategorized The Domestic Violence and Assault of America by the GOP by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2021/01/04/the-domestic-abuse-and-assault-of-america-by-the-gop/
