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By Andre Henry
“If a man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he has the power to lynch me, that’s my problem.” When Stokely Carmichael said these words, he underscored the connection between racism and power.
By Ed Cyzewski
The apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians, “And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart” (Galatians 6:9). That’s easy for him to write, but how should we counter the weariness of doing good and serving others?
By David Clough
The On Animals North American book tour is complete! In numbers: 31 days, lectures and seminars at 21 venues, combined audience of over 1000, 9 institutional food policy meetings, well over 100 books distributed.
By Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon
What does it mean to have Persistent Hope in the midst of disappointment and despair? Throughout the 40 days of Lent, this is the theme I am wrestling with, praying through, and seeking to understand as we wait together and long for Easter morning.
By Ed Cyzewski
I once read how the leader of a well-known Christian charity took his position, more or less kicking and screaming, after years of working in the corporate world.
By Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin
It’s been said that you can count the number of seeds in an apple but you can’t count the number of apples in a seed. We live in a world of abundant life, where one apple can produce hundreds of offspring.
By Lenora Rand
Ok, maybe not everything…
But, yeah, a lot of stuff is broken. An awful lot.
Big stuff. Little stuff. Little stuff that feels like big stuff.
By Christie Purifoy
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Every winter I walk a circle. It begins at the woodstove in my kitchen where I will cram one more hardwood log into the fiery maw.
By Bridget Eileen
The necessity of marriage is seldom, if ever, questioned in our culture, whether secular or Christian. The centrality of marriage to our anthropology feels ubiquitous. More than once, I’ve heard pastors describe marriage from the pulpit as the “ultimate” human relationship, and rarely in church have I ever seen singleness treated as anything other than a “season of life” before you get married.
By Delonte Gholston
…although we are only formally given these 28 short days to celebrate the history of a people that begins with the dawn of creation itself, we as a people still just shine.
By John Seel
Earlier this month, filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu became the first Black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for her U.S. Dramatic entry, Clemency (2019).
By Andre Henry
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a Christian say those words, I’d never run out of laundry money. Although the argument is a mere two sentences, it aptly summarizes why many Christians are no help in the pursuit of racial justice, and it is loaded with a myriad of bad ideas—an impressive accomplishment for 11 words.
By Kenji Kuramitsu
A Booklet of Uncommon Prayer, from which this prayer is taken, is now available electronically!
By Amy Knorr
Why do I want to talk about, write about, think about this thing called stillness?
Desperation, I think. Life moves so quickly, and every minute my very insides scream out, “The world can wait!” But I find that the world actually can’t wait.
By Susan Mark Landis
These are First Commandment days.
You probably remember the first of the Ten Commandments: “You shall have no other gods before me.” When I was a kid, I thought I was home safe on this commandment—I didn’t sacrifice to a golden calf on my household altar!
By Christie Purifoy
What was true of King David and true of King Solomon has, in fact, been true of every person to whom we have bowed or pledged our allegiance.
His feet are clay.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
How about we celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, not with red hearts and rhyming sentiments and roses but with spiritual hearts committed to discovering what real love looks like, love that is founded on and nurtured by an understanding of God’s design for relationships?
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