Economic Justice Archives

Building Futures from the Ground Up: How Zion’s Closet Is Transforming Title I Schools

By Terence Lester, PhD

(Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on economic injustice. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In this post, Dr. Terence Lester shows how compassion can grow into systemic change.)

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In 2016, with the support of my family and board of directors, I launched a campaign called MAP16 (March Against Poverty) to walk from Atlanta, GA, to the White House to raise awareness about homelessness in the U.S.

An Interview With Neichelle Guidry

By Faith in Leadership

The Rev. Dr. Neichelle Guidry takes seriously her job as counselor, coach, motivator and model for young black women in in ministry and faith.

Guidry, who has been recognized as a national faith leader by publications like Time and Ebony, is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University and Yale Divinity School, and has a Ph.D.

A New Vision for the Suburbs

Reviewed by Aimee Fritz
Hales tackles the driving forces behind the suburban American Dream: consumerism, individualism, busyness, and safety. I recognized myself in her honest admission of

Eat With Joy

By J. Nicole Morgan
Food justice is a topic inextricably linked to the theme of Rachel Marie Stone’s new book, Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food, which explores the journey towards “eating like a Christian.”

Hanging in the Balance: An Israeli/Palestinian Pilgrimage

By Reesheda Washington

There is such a stark contrast between the two regions that one might easily, though erroneously, be lured into the deceptive ease of seeing only two worlds: that of Israel and Israelis, and that of Palestine and Palestinians.

Tightly Wound: Addressing Affective Discomfort

By Elisabeth T. Vasko

In recent years, I have taught an upper-level Christology course in which we examine race, gender, and power. Sometimes my students register their dissatisfaction with reading Christology from the margins (James Cone, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Marcella Althaus-Reid) instead of the center (Anselm, Barth, von Balthasar, and Rahner).

Combining Christian Practice with Social Enterprise

By Rebecca Phillips

Come late summer, the rolling Palouse wheat fields stretch like a golden carpet south to the breaks of the Snake River Canyon. Far below, the river winds through rocky channels on its way to the Columbia River and eventually the Pacific Ocean.

Caring as Giving

By Amy Knorr

As I walked toward the grocery store entrance, I cringed. The table by the door and the guy in front of the table could mean only one thing: some organization was asking people to give.

"How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds" by Alan Jacobs

Reviewed by Mark Hijleh
It’s a venerable idea in liberal arts education: We are interested in teaching students not what to think, but how to think.

Taking Jesus to the Voting Booth

By Beth Kearney

As a sophomore in college, I was convinced that being an evangelical Christian translated into voting a straight party ticket. Three years later, I am discovering that my faith precludes a blanket endorsement of any one political party.

Longing for Home: A Review of "Once We Were Strangers"

By Aimee Fritz

Last week, our pastor started his fourth Sunday sermon in an ongoing series about prayer. I held my pen ready over my notebook, eager to learn something new. He told us we were going to focus on The Lord’s Prayer, or what the Catholic tradition calls the Our Father.

Speak Up, Lead On: A Discussion with Kathy Khang and Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

By Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Kathy Khang, and Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

On Monday, October 22nd, CSA’s Nikki Toyama-Szeto met with Kathy Khang and Natasha Sistrunk Robinson at Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC to discuss their recent books,Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up and A Sojourner’s Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World.

Prayer of Confession

By Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thou Eternal God, out of whose absolute power and infinite intelligence the whole universe has come into being, we humbly confess that we have not loved thee with our hearts, souls and minds, and we have not loved our neighbors as Christ loved us.

We Were the Least of These: Sexual Abuse and the Church

By Elaine A. Heath

It was the middle of summer, and I was preaching through a series entitled “Men, Women, and God.” While the congregation was accepting of me as their pastor, they still tended to have patriarchal views about gender.

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