This Online Articles area (formerly our Library) gathers reflections, op-eds, and essays that engage the pressing questions of faith, justice, and public life. Here, you’ll find hundreds of thoughtful and engaging pieces from scholars, practitioners, and everyday Christians — leaders and writers who bring fresh insight and faithful imagination. These articles are meant to spark deeper discipleship, fuel courageous action, and equip the church to embody the gospel in a complex world. We invite you to explore, learn, and join the ongoing conversation toward a fuller expression of Christian faithfulness and a more just society.
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By Mae Elise Cannon
(Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a four-part series exploring Christian faith, theology, and peacemaking in the Holy Land. In this opening article, Dr. Mae Cannon invites readers into a biblically grounded vision of shalom — challenging common assumptions about conflict in the region and examining how Scripture has often been misread in ways that obscure God’s purposes for peace.
By Christina Stanton
Editor’s note: In April we’re running a series called “Waymakers” to highlight stories about contemporary Christians engaged in unique partnerships and and justice work. Look for a new one each Monday this month.
By Joel Briggs
I think every painter labors long, meticulous hours for those little encounters, brief as they may be, when their work surprises and disrupts the viewer. The piece of art suddenly seizes the viewer, who exclaims something like, “This image!
By Jake Meador
The Christian community should see the decision to move closer together with other Christians as a way of loving the places that we share together, of serving the good of our non-Christian neighbors in that place, and even of making the place itself healthier.
By Stephen Mattson
Yemen is a country suffering from a brutal, 7-year, ongoing military conflict. The violence escalated after 2010, when Shia minorities staged a series of rebellions. These occurred within an already unstable environment due to corruption, bitter religious and partisan animosity, and political upheaval.
By Chris Chancey
After a year of learning from their refugee neighbors in a resettlement community in the Atlanta metro area. Chris and Sarah Chancey launched Amplio Recruiting to help great companies hire dependable employees from the refugee workforce.
With Juan Pablo Herrera, Beth Carlson-Malena, Elizabeth Delgado Black, and Grant Hartley
Listen in on a powerful conversation among four queer-identifying Jesus-followers, two who hold a more traditional understanding of sexuality and two who hold a more progressive understanding.
By Shane Claiborne
Editor’s note: This post was originally shared by our friends at Red Letter Christians. We pray this project by several men on Tennessee’s death row will encourage you as you reflect deeply on the sacrifice of Jesus and what this means for all of us—including those who are, as Shane says below, “condemned to die.”
I am beyond excited to share this with you.
By Matt Elsberry
Matt Elsberry is President and Chief Ecosystem Officer at LivFul, an unconventional life science company that prioritizes health access and impact before maximizing profit.
By Louise Wasilewski
Meet Louise Wasilewski, CEO and co-founder of Acivilate, a social enterprise dedicated to transforming second chances for people leaving prison, women leaving domestic violence, and those struggling with homelessness
By Candice Marie Benbow
We talk with Candice Marie Benbow, a theologian, essayist, columnist, baker, and educator whose work gives voice to Black women’s shared experiences of faith, healing, and wholeness.
By Cole Arthur Riley
We talk with Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies, a space for Black spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest. Her new book, “This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us,” is published by Convergent Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
With Nikki Toyama-Szeto and Dante Stewart
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
By Danté Stewart
We talk with Danté Stewart, who writes about race, religion, and politics and whose latest book, “Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle,” is published by Convergent Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
By Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
We caught up with Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan to talk about their forthcoming book, Faithful Anti-racism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change,” published by InterVarsity Press.
By Sheila Wise Rowe
We talk with Sheila Wise Rowe, the author of Healing Racial Trauma and the upcoming Young, Gifted, and Black.
By Tokunbo A. Adelekan
Dr. Tokunbo A. Adelekan’s forthcoming book is called “Trumpet of Compassion: An Essay on the Role of Biblical Compassion in Social Reconstruction.” We asked for his thoughts on what racial justice and healing might look like in 2022 America.