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By Beth Malena
Do you ever have a book on your “to-read” pile that suddenly skips to the top of your list?
This year, I was struggling with what to preach to the queer-centric church I co-pastor in Vancouver, BC, as we collectively witnessed rising authoritarianism (not just south of us, but also in Canada), the world’s failure to stop a genocide, and the scapegoating of immigrants and trans people.
With Juan Pablo Herrera, Beth Carlson-Malena, Elizabeth Delgado Black, and Grant Hartley
Listen in on a powerful conversation among four queer-identifying Jesus-followers, two who hold a more traditional understanding of sexuality and two who hold a more progressive understanding.
By Shane Claiborne
Editor’s note: This post was originally shared by our friends at Red Letter Christians. We pray this project by several men on Tennessee’s death row will encourage you as you reflect deeply on the sacrifice of Jesus and what this means for all of us—including those who are, as Shane says below, “condemned to die.”
I am beyond excited to share this with you.
By Matt Elsberry
Matt Elsberry is President and Chief Ecosystem Officer at LivFul, an unconventional life science company that prioritizes health access and impact before maximizing profit.
By Louise Wasilewski
Meet Louise Wasilewski, CEO and co-founder of Acivilate, a social enterprise dedicated to transforming second chances for people leaving prison, women leaving domestic violence, and those struggling with homelessness
By Candice Marie Benbow
We talk with Candice Marie Benbow, a theologian, essayist, columnist, baker, and educator whose work gives voice to Black women’s shared experiences of faith, healing, and wholeness.
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.