Subscribe to the CSA Newsletter
CSA’s free weekly publication, a carefully curated collection of original articles at the intersection of spiritual formation and social action.
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 Sharon Delgado
When my granddaughter Nikayla was ten years old, climate change became real to her. She learned that glaciers and ice sheets are melting, endangering the habitats of Polar bears and Emperor penguins. She loves animals, as most children do, so she created a poster with pictures of hearts, the earth, and animals.
By Craig Wong
When I had the opportunity of visiting Atlanta for the very first time, my top priority was to visit the Martin Luther King Center and learn about a man clearly characterized by the ministry of reconciliation.
By Micky ScottBey Jones
Michael W. Waters is a pastor and activist in Dallas, TX and the author of the book Stakes is High. In addition to reviewing the book, I wanted to chat with Michael because in reading the book, I immediately felt a kinship with him—we are of the same generation and connect to both culture and faith as a source of identity and activism.
By Stephen Mattson
A man was arrested by authorities, sent to trial, and sentenced to death—his name was Jesus. Many claim he’s an innocent man, but the facts speak for themselves:
Jesus was a thug, a homeless wanderer prone to substance abuse (he had a prior record of producing wine).
By John Seel
We are moderns that believe in magic.
So I wrote recently, about New Copernicans. I cited Doctor Strange, Elizabeth Gilbert, and yes, Harry Potter. Thus I was intrigued to read Gracy Olmstead’s article in The Federalist, “Harry Potter Offered Millennials Enchantment in a Disenchanted World.” However, on closer reading my stomach turned sour.
By Jacques Ellul
Unless Christians fulfill their prophetic role, unless they become the advocates and defenders of the truly poor, witness to their misery, then, infallibly, violence will suddenly break out. In one way or other ‘their blood cries to heaven,’ and violence will seem the only way out.
By Pieter Niemeyer
Is it really the responsibility of LGBTQ+ people to be brave and come out, or is it the responsibility of straight people to make safe places for all, and not just themselves?
By John Seel with Ray Pennings
Henry Van Til observes that “culture is religion externalized.” By this, he meant that the culture of a people reflects their true religious priorities. So the existence of civil religion is not ultimately surprising.
By Seth Haines
In the late summer, some years ago, I woke one morning to a lavish Christian hangover.
Though it’s still difficult to accept the moniker alcoholic, I know that I am, in the most colloquial sense, dependent.
By Sarah Withrow King
Picture a minimum-wage worker. What do you see? My worker is a woman, a girl really. Her hair is in a ponytail underneath a red visor, and she’s working a fast food job after high school to pay for her car insurance, the occasional brand-name pair of jeans, and Saturday night movies with friends.
By Michael Carlson
For those of us who profess to be Christians, it is a good question to ask ourselves these days: “What are we thinking about?”
Over the past year and a half, I have become increasingly interested in what’s going on in our nation.
By Beth Malena
Watch Beth Malena’s Sunday morning sermon from the Ontario Generous Space retreat last month!
“Instead of sucking up to the other rabbis and powerful people, playing their games, Jesus called them whitewashed tombs.
By Melanie Springer Mock
My husband bought me a new road bike for Mother’s Day last year. I’d been asking for one and he finally relented, though he knew purchasing a bike for me meant introducing all kinds of new ways he could worry about me, especially as the country roads around our small town are sometimes unkind to cyclists.
By Julie Rodgers
Most of our current conversations about LGBT people in the church focus on theology. Theology is important, but in our focus on a theology of sex and marriage, we often neglect
By Micky ScottBey Jones
Another hashtag was created tonight for someone who died at the hands of state-sanctioned violence. I don’t want to date this review by including the name, and by the time you read this, the hashtag memorial will probably have been replaced by another…
By Jo Kadlecek
“A sound of quick steps broke the silence of the moor. Crouching among the stones we stared intently at the silver moon-tipped bank in front of us. The steps grew louder, and through the fog, as through a curtain, there stepped the man whom we were awaiting.
CSA is a group of Christian scholar-activists, stirring the imagination for a fuller expression of Christian faithfulness and a more just society.
Copyright Christians for Social Action at the Sider Center of Eastern University Privacy Policy
1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087 csa@eastern.edu
Web Design by Dayspring