Mark Feldmeir Two Stories I do not presume to have arrived on the issue, or to be “woke.” I simply want to share with you what I have discovered on my own journey toward…
William Barber Biden talks faith and poverty at Poor People’s Campaign event from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/09/15/biden-talks-faith-and-poverty-at-poor-peoples-campaign-event/
Amanda Henderson The deep wounds have been on full display Yet as I wallowed in grief, I realized I was not alone. This is how most of the world has lived for most of history. Rarely are leaders on the…
Religion News Service Black Pastor Wants His Mostly White Congregation To Understand Racial Justice https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/911005948/black-pastor-wants-his-mostly-white-congregation-to-understand-racial-justice?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=religion
Religion News Service Becoming Less Racist: Lighting the Path to Anti-Racism This show is hosted on Religion News Service’s Facebook page every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. "In each episode, we will bring in an expert to speak about a particular aspect…
Mark Feldmeir How can we talk about race without the defensiveness, reflexivity, and scapegoating that accompanies such conversations? Baltimore, Ferguson, Charlottesville, Charleston. Trevon, Tamir, Sandra, Philando, and Freddie. Kaepernick, Serena, Barkley, and Lebron. White supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, and woke. “Hands up, don’t shoot.” “I can’t breathe.”…
John Pavlovitz I Hate Police Brutality, Not the Police by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/08/29/i-hate-police-brutality-not-the-police/
Alexia Salvatierra We Go There: Abortion by Lisa Sharon Harper, from Red Letter Christians https://www.redletterchristians.org/we-go-there-abortion/
Uncategorized Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now A new book by Brenda Salter McNeil Becoming Brave offers a distinctly Christian framework for addressing systemic injustice. It challenges Christians to be everyday activists who become brave enough to break…
Religion News Service Brenda Salter McNeil on racial justice: ‘Silence is violence’ from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/08/14/brenda-salter-mcneil-racial-justice-expert-brenda-church-becoming-brave-silence-violence/
Religion News Service For white Christians, racial justice starts with telling the truth by Robert P. Jones, on Religion News Service Perhaps the biggest obstacle to white Christians’ full participation in the movement for racial equality is an unshakable commitment to our own…
Religion News Service A call for moral leadership Six divinity school deans and seminary presidents release a joint statement on the state of our national leadership. from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/06/23/a-call-for-moral-leadership/
Sojourners Rejecting symbols of hate is more than symbolic by Jim Wallis, through Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/20/rejecting-symbols-of-hate/
Uncategorized There’s No Excuse for Food Insecurity by Walter Brueggemann https://churchanew.org/blog/posts/walter-brueggemann-column-theres-no-excuse-for-food-insecurity
Religion News Service The Illusion of Religious Equality in America from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/16/khyati-y-joshi-argues-religious-freedom-equality-in-america-is-an-optical-illusion/
Uncategorized The History That James Baldwin Wanted America To See by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-history-that-james-baldwin-wanted-america-to-see
Brandan Robertson Nomad Book Launch Party Join Brandan Robertson for the launch of his new book "Nomad" - Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 5 PM – 7 PM PDT https://www.facebook.com/events/590064641650073/
Religion News Service Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Calls Celebrities’ Anti-Semitism ‘So Disheartening’ “If we’re going to be outraged by injustice, let’s be outraged by injustice against anyone,” the six-time NBA champion wrote. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kareem-abdul-jabbar-antisemitism_n_5f0f36aac5b643a58ebc2ff0?guccounter=1
Religion News Service Trump unmasked his racist campaign strategy — and Christians have choices to make by Jim Wallis, through Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/13/trump-unmasked-his-racist-campaign-strategy-and-christians-have-choices-to-make/
Uncategorized Why Black Christians are bracing for a ‘whitelash’ https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/us/white-black-christians-racism-burke/index.html
