Thank you, Tony
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
“I first encountered Tony, as many others did, as he preached from a big stage in front of a lot of people…”
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By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
“I first encountered Tony, as many others did, as he preached from a big stage in front of a lot of people…”
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.
By Christie R. House
Alexis Duecker, an asylum attorney with the New York Justice for Our Neighbors office (NY JFON), has worked for two years with some of her clients to try to get their asylum cases heard and decided.
We spoke with Eve Tushnet about her new book, Tenderness: A Gay Christian’s Guide to Unlearning Rejection and Experiencing God’s Extravagant Love (Ave Maria Press). Written for gay Christians who want to observe a traditional sexual ethic, the book carries a broader invitation to spiritual healing for gay people of all theological persuasions.
By Kelly Hill
Buthainah grew up in Baghdad, Iraq. Although the country was tightly controlled by Saddam Hussein’s regime, she remembers having a happy childhood.
Her father worked as a major general at the naval academy, and her mother was an architect.
By Alejandra Ortiz
In Obadiah’s time, his people were vulnerable, and fleeing from Babylonian brutality and violence. God is not indifferent to history, nor to the global political scene. He cared then, and he cares now.
From National Justice for Our Neighbors
The Haitian families gathered at Annunciation House had already endured the months-long and dangerous journey to our southern border, a week or more camped under a bridge with little food or water, and several more bewildering days confined by the U.S. Border Patrol.
By Liz Cooledge Jenkins
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb.
By Laurie Nichols
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.” – Romans 15:13
Many think of joy as an elated state. A dictionary definition tells us that joy is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” In the Bible, however, we find something a little bit different—something that looks a bit more like a peaceful, vibrant, and contented cheerfulness instead of a dance party.
By Nigel Paul
As Christmas approaches, we remember how Christ moved in among us. John 1:14a says, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (NKJV). Or as the Message paraphrase puts it, “The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.”
By Kristyn Komarnicki
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. – John 13:34
By Sarah String
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
The holidays are here again, and many of us are tired already. Have you ever been tired of searching for the perfect gifts?
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