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By Terence Lester, PhD, and Dr. Emiola Oriola Jr.
When Home Is More Than a Place
I stood outside with Eddie, a friend and community member who had been sleeping in the same spot for weeks, and I watched as people walked past him as if he wasn’t there.
By Terence Lester, PhD, and Dr. Emiola Oriola Jr.
When Home Is More Than a Place
I stood outside with Eddie, a friend and community member who had been sleeping in the same spot for weeks, and I watched as people walked past him as if he wasn’t there.
By Rubin McClain
In October 2025, I spent a few weeks with family in South Korea, exploring Seoul and enjoying amazing BBQ and a lovely spicy noodle dish called bibim naengmyeon.
As I wandered through winding markets and repeatedly returned to my favorite street food stalls, it was easy to forget how precarious the geopolitical reality beneath the surface remains.
Interviewed By CSA Staff
In a culture that often prizes certainty, strength, and polished faith, what does it mean to acknowledge fracture not as failure but as the very place transformation begins? In her latest book, We Mend with Gold (Broadleaf Books), Kristin T.
By Ray Stanton
On October 18, 2025, across from Radio City Music Hall, Pastor Justin Adour stepped into a small gathering of about 25 people and raised a tall sign overhead. It stood like a quiet beacon in Midtown’s chaos, proclaiming a single allegiance: “The only King we serve is our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.”
Then he asked the group to bow their heads.
By Timothy Sean Baluyot Ignacio
How would you react if the U.S. announced that it was going to run out of fuel in a matter of months?
We were in that exact situation, here in the Philippines, just a few weeks ago.
By Scott Sabin
We had spent three days hiking into the mountains above Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was 2016, and our group was visiting several small villages where Plant With Purpose had begun working the year before.
By Terence Lester, PhD
At times, public discourse on war becomes detached from the lived realities experienced by those directly affected. It is troubling to hear everyday citizens in the United States, along with some commentators and journalists, speak about war without meaningful proximity to conditions on the ground, often engaging it from a place of detachment that distances them from its human consequences.
By Scott Bessenecker
(Editor’s note: At the time of this writing, rhetoric around a potential U.S. escalation with Iran has intensified, with language that frames overwhelming military force as decisive and necessary. In moments like this — when calls for power grow louder and the stakes feel existential — Christians are again faced with an old and urgent question: What does faithfulness to Jesus require of us?)
Imagine Christians in one country believing it was their biblical duty to fight in a war against Christians of another country.
By Giselle Soares
(Editor’s Note: As Christians for Social Action, we are committed to making space for voices from within the global church, especially those whose experiences are shaped by conflict, constraint, and deep faith.
By Alyssa Sickle
(Editor’s note: As we enter Holy Week, we’re holding space for the parts of the story that feel unresolved — the places where loss lingers and hope is hard to see. These reflections by our CSA staff invite us to pay attention to what God may be doing in the middle of it, not just after it.)
On the second Sunday of every month, the members of my church know it’s time for our favorite fellowship tradition.
By Laurie Nichols
(Editor’s note: As we enter Holy Week, we’re holding space for the parts of the story that feel unresolved — the places where loss lingers and hope is hard to see. These reflections by our CSA staff invite us to pay attention to what God may be doing in the middle of it, not just after it.)
“Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.” (Prov.
By Avril Z. Speaks
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the funeral of my dear friend. To say that his death was a shock is an understatement. Even writing that sentence still gives me chills.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
(Editor’s note: As we enter Holy Week, we’re holding space for the parts of the story that feel unresolved — the places where loss lingers and hope is hard to see. These reflections by our CSA staff invite us to pay attention to what God may be doing in the middle of it, not just after it.)
“Nothing that dies stays dead.” Theologian Tamice Spencer-Helms said this in a recent conversation with podcaster Connie Chen.
By Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon
(Editor’s note: This is Part 4 of a four-part series exploring Christian faith, theology, and peacemaking in the Holy Land. In this concluding installment, Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon offers a call to faithful Christian response through prayer, solidarity, advocacy, and relationship-building.
By Daniel Yang
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Some know this refrain from Edwin Starr’s song “War” as a contemporary pop culture reference to the 1970s. But decades removed from the Vietnam War for which it was written, the question still hangs in the air with great relevance for today, if not more.
By CSA Staff
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The seven-song project grew out of a year of listening to stories from organizations working for justice, creation care, and community renewal.
March 23, 2026 — In a cultural moment marked by rapid news cycles, political tension, environmental crisis, and widespread exhaustion, many Christians are quietly asking what hope actually looks — and sounds — like today.