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By Kristyn Komarnicki
Love in the midst of discomfort
Love your God, love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets rest on these two commands…
Leap of Faith is a full-length documentary from Nicholas Ma and Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) featuring pastors who commit to meeting for a year to look for a path to unity in the midst of polarized times.
By Aimee Fritz
Some people just love buying, collecting, and discussing books. But a recent study by the Pew Research Center shows that 26% of adults in the United States haven’t read a single book, in any format, in a year.
By Aimee Fritz
Our collective response to the August 2017 solar eclipse proves the power nature has to delight, humble, and unite us. When we soak in the transcendent beauty of a star, a planet, a mountain top, an ocean wave, or a newborn baby, we must acknowledge that we didn’t and couldn’t make those things happen.
By Aimee Fritz
In the best version of our world, the church is where we learn how to put the wisdom we glean from the Bible into action. No church is perfect, but so many churches are serving the people of God eagerly, with wisdom and grace.
Weeping may last for a night, but…
By Elrena Evans
The world is a broken place, and when I look around I see that brokenness writ large. White supremacists are marching in the streets. Floodwaters are seeping into the homes of people I love.
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
A refugee from Bosnia, Muamer Cisija demonstrates that business can not only develop economies, but it can also bring people together in powerful ways.
By Laura Markle Downton
Editor’s Note: This week, we are reposting CSA staff selections of the most memorable articles of 2017. Today’s selection was chosen by Kristyn Komarnicki, Director of Dialogue and Convening for CSA.
By Katelyn Durst
The many tunnels
honeycomb me in
one by one,
I become frozen in deep blue.
I become noisy as a bee cloud.
I become holy like a rooted tree.
By Melanie Springer Mock
Here’s an honest admission: Several times while reading Lily Burana’s new book Grace for Amateurs: Field Notes on a Journey Back to Faith, I consulted the copyright page, confirming again that Grace for Amateurs was really published by Thomas Nelson, the notoriously evangelical (and, in my mind, notoriously traditional) press.
By Katelyn Durst
This year began with tears
dark nights where there was
no teapot whistling on the stove to
keep us warm.
Many of us had hopes and dreams
but they were dashed like an ocean
wave across a rocky coast.
By Allison Duncan
Cute middle school kids filed onto the risers for the charter school holiday concert. Boys with hair slicked back, girls with Mom’s bright pink lipstick a bit clumsily applied. Some surveyed the audience, grinned once they located a relative, and waved shyly.
By Elrena Evans
I first learned about nonviolence from a bull.
My childhood copy of Ferdinand was beautiful—the red cover, the flowers, even the lettering. I remember very clearly the way the light and dark shading of the font played together in perfect harmony in the title on the cover.
From CSA
Are you looking for the perfect gift for a loved one, or something to read over the holidays? CSA’s staff have compiled a list of thoughtful books on faith and social justice that will deepen your understanding of what it means to live on earth, as it is in heaven.
From Churches for Middle East Peace
For Immediate Release: The Unilateral Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Constitutes a Grave Threat to Future Peace
Washington, D.C. – December 5, 2017 – President Trump is expected to announce Wednesday his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S.
By Roger Hutchison
When I think of you
I see yellow.
Yellow is the flickering flame of a candle.
Yellow is a sour lemon.
Yellow is a sunflower
standing tall and proud.
By John Seel, Ph.D.
When rejection is the overwhelming context, being treated as a political ping-pong only aggravates the sentiment. Such is the day-to-day reality of DACA dreamers, who don’t need partisan debate as much as a group hug.
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