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By Amar B. Peterman
I am a part of the generation of young millennials and Gen-Z that have “lost their faith.”
I was raised in the evangelical tradition. I grew up reading I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Blue Like Jazz.
By Cole Arthur Riley
It takes real commitment, real awareness to commit yourself to pause and to know that the thing you are grieving is worth sadness.
By Heidi Weaver-Smith
Dr. Dolores E. Lee McCabe is a trailblazing figure whose life and ministry have left an indelible mark on the landscape of gender equality, have advanced the church’s prophetic witness against gun violence, and has resulted in many people converting and turning to Christ. Born in 1944, she has dedicated over four decades to ministry. Her journey is not just one of personal milestones, but a testament to her unwavering commitment to mentoring and equipping women in ministry, passionately advocating for gender equity in the church, evangelizing with unique power, and advocating against gun violence.
By Michael Stalcup
I wish I didn’t know who George Floyd was,
had never heard his name or seen his face
displayed on screens or blazoned on brick walls,
unbreathing monuments to life erased.
By Lauren Grubaugh Thomas
The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was a pastor and civil rights leader whose conviction and courage consistently led him to the frontlines of the struggle for justice. As someone who pushed his peers to greater risk-taking, Shuttlesworth’s leadership was crucial in elevating the cause for racial justice to the national conversation.
By Sarah String
Ella Josephine Baker was born in 1903, in Norfolk, Virginia. Growing up in the segregated South, she witnessed firsthand the injustices faced by African Americans. Her grandmother, who was formerly enslaved, instilled in her a strong sense of pride and resilience. The Great Depression also imprinted values like what it means to live in and through suffering.
By Heidi Weaver-Smith
Lent is about taking time to lose the things we can’t take with us as we remember what we cannot afford to lose. Lent frees us to remember our frailty and finitude, our reliance upon all the things that have taken God’s place as our home, and our need for God’s grace to find our way towards a future free from sorrow.
Howard Thurman, born on November 18, 1899, in Daytona Beach, Florida, stands as a towering figure in American history, leaving an indelible mark as an author, philosopher, theologian, and civil rights leader.
By Brian Zahnd
The cross is many things. One of the revelations of the cross is the divine repudiation of systems that seek to dominate a minority population through lethal force. When the powers that be justify their actions with empty euphemisms like “appropriate use of force,” the cross calls them to account.
I ask to hear his story and then try to truly listen—without interrupting. I have tried to discern his heart.
By Mars Adema
If Christ is our model as Christians, then why don’t our lives look like his?
I was spiritually formed in my Christian faith within the lap of luxury, but I was unaware of it at the time.
By Andre Henry
Originally published January 21, 2019
Today, Americans celebrate the legacy and work of one of the most prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yes, Dr.
By Liz Cooledge Jenkins
When we become aware that there is tension between our political views and what love requires of us, we can change our political views. We “love our neighbors well” not only by caring for them directly but also by caring about the policies that impact their lives, often in devastating ways. Love and our politics do not have to exist in tension. We can let love shape our politics.
By Irwyn Ince
Growing up in a city like New York, you get used to a hustle. You might even end up doing a little hustling yourself. The hustler offers someone something of value, or something another person may desire.
By J. Mark Bowers
When the newborn King arrived on the margins, economically and physically on the wrong side of power, His agenda was larger than just rescuing me or you. He had the entire cosmos in mind. While Jesus came to save us from our personal sins, His work on the cross put all things right again, including the systems of the world (Colossians 1:19-20).
By Elrena Evans
God, we are weary. We have traveled for many miles, and we still aren’t home.
By Michael Stalcup
We were almost used
to living in the dark,
to being powerless,
that day you quietly
pulled the lid off the sky
of a world below
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