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Past Due

By Deborah Masten

Pain, Pissed, PTSD, Pitiful, Pointless, Problems, Petty

Anxiety, Anger, Alone, Afraid, Absent, Ambiguity, Agitated

Stress, Sorrow, Silenced, Sick, Stuck, Siloed, Shell Shocked

Trauma, Triggered, Tired, Trapped, Tunnel Vision, Turmoil, Threatened

Depression, Devastated, Doubtful, Done, Depleted, Dire, Despair

Unhealthy, Uncaring, Unsettled, Unprepared, Unmotivated, Useless

Exhaustion, Enraged, Energy-less, Envious, Exit plans

When I look at each line of words, they represent what I see in homes, families, workplaces, schools and churches.

Past Due

By Deborah Masten

Pain, Pissed, PTSD, Pitiful, Pointless, Problems, Petty

Anxiety, Anger, Alone, Afraid, Absent, Ambiguity, Agitated

Stress, Sorrow, Silenced, Sick, Stuck, Siloed, Shell Shocked

Trauma, Triggered, Tired, Trapped, Tunnel Vision, Turmoil, Threatened

Depression, Devastated, Doubtful, Done, Depleted, Dire, Despair

Unhealthy, Uncaring, Unsettled, Unprepared, Unmotivated, Useless

Exhaustion, Enraged, Energy-less, Envious, Exit plans

When I look at each line of words, they represent what I see in homes, families, workplaces, schools and churches.

Celebrating Gratitude Month

By Kristyn Komarnicki

June is Pride Month, and Pride is something I’ve learned a lot about over the last decade of my work with LGBTQ+ folx. And the learning continues. I’ve learned about the origins of Pride as a parade.

The Bible in Black & White: Lessons from the Postemancipation South

By Elizabeth L. Jemison
As black and white Christians in the postemancipation era wrestled with the often-intimate relationship between Protestant Christianity and white supremacy, they set the stage for national religious and political conflicts that reverberate to our day.

Black Spirituality & Black Liberation Webinar

By Andre Henry and Cole Arthur Riley
Spirituality has always been relevant to the quest for Black freedom. But sometimes the relationship between the two is complicated by Christian traditions influenced by colonization.

Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair

A conversation with Duke Kwon
We recently talked with Duke Kwon, co-author of Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair, about his latest book with Gregory Thompson.

How We Reclaim Our Faith Through Deconstruction

By Rohadi Nagassar

A curious feature in American evangelicalism (which is different from Canada on this notable factor) is self-conferring the position of protector and gatekeeper to all Christian truth. This posture produces a certain response when theological or cultural presuppositions are challenged.

What to Do If You or Someone You Know Is Having Suicidal Thoughts

By Brittney Moses

I was serving in youth ministry with a new church plant when the pastor updated me on a mom in distress who’d recently been attending the church. She was hurt, stuck and confused because her teenage son, who would often shut himself away in his room, was having recurring suicidal thoughts.

The ‘fleshiness of the story’: David de Leon on the complexities of Asian American Christian identity

By Leah Silvieus
David de Leon speaks to the relationship between the complexities of understanding “Asian American Christian identity,” the interconnectedness of journeys toward justice, and what is next for him in his vocational path as a doctoral student in Systematic Theology at Fordham University.

Check Your Blessings: Thoughts on Simplicity from a Balikbayan in Metro Manila

By Timothy Sean Ignacio

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published December 21, 2021. We’re re-posting in observance of Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
“Some customers have been complaining about our packaging,” explained my friend Ate (older sister) Mani during one of our “helping bayóng” meetings.

Want to Keep Your Pastor From Dying by Suicide? Start Here.

By Steve Austin

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published September 30, 2019. We’re re-posting in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
My eyes squinted shut as the nurse wheeled me out the front doors of the psych ward.

We Need You

By Mihee Kim-Kort

The Struggle with Tokenism

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published Novemeber 8, 2017. We’re re-posting in honor of Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

“Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse.” Mary Daly, radical feminist philosopher and theologian

I am the only one.

I was introduced to Saško at a church planting class in New York City in 2015 hosted by an organization that grew out of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in the late ’90s called City to City.

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Past Due

Past Due

Celebrating Gratitude Month

The Bible in Black & White: Lessons from the Postemancipation South

Black Spirituality & Black Liberation Webinar

How We Reclaim Our Faith Through Deconstruction

What to Do If You or Someone You Know Is Having Suicidal Thoughts

The ‘fleshiness of the story’: David de Leon on the complexities of Asian American Christian identity

Want to Keep Your Pastor From Dying by Suicide? Start Here.

We Need You

How Churches Are Addressing the Mental Health Needs of the Black Community

Love Letter to the Lonely

A Radical Life of YESes

How One Polish Church Is Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees