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CSA’s free weekly publication, a carefully curated collection of original articles at the intersection of spiritual formation and social action.

On Saying Yes

By Kristyn Komarnicki

Advent is the season of yes. It’s all about God’s big yes to us.

Does God love us?
Is there hope for us in spite of our staggering deficiencies?

On Saying Yes

By Kristyn Komarnicki

Advent is the season of yes. It’s all about God’s big yes to us.

Does God love us?
Is there hope for us in spite of our staggering deficiencies?

The Scars of Action and Inaction

By Amar D. 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.

Giving Thanks for CSA

By CSA Staff

To celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we asked leaders around the country to share why they are grateful for CSA and our work. We got back five inspiring videos highlighting a range of programs.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Allison

Every year on November 20th, family members, allies and souls who identify as LGBTQ—particularly transgender or gender nonconforming individuals—come together to honor those who have been killed in the last year simply for existing.

Lament, Despair, and Hope

By Rick Barry
Many evangelical Christians confuse lamentation for despair. This confusion can cut us off from one of the most powerful tools in our spiritual arsenal.

A Vote as Prayer

By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
Our Executive Director offers words of support, confession and encouragement ahead of the 2024 elections.

The Idolatry of “Christian” Nationalism

By Stephen Mattson

This article was originally published by Red Letter Christians and originally run on the CSA website in March of 2021.

Christian Nationalism is a form of self-righteousness. It’s a spirituality that blends Colonialism and Manifest Destiny.

20 Minute Takes – Janna Louie: AAPI Voters, Faith & Politics

By Janna Louie

Season 6, Episode 12

This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki talks with Rev. Janna Louie, co-founder of the Coalition for Asian American and Pacific Islander Churches (CAAPIC). In this episode, they discuss the complex historical dynamics that affect Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters, and the work that CAAPIC does to encourage AAPI Christians to show up as engaged citizens who participate robustly in the democratic process here in the United States.

An Antichrist Around Every Corner

By Rick Barry

Presidential campaigns have a long, storied history of character attacks. Candidates have been called bastards, drunkards and moral lepers. But there’s one incredibly specific allegation that gets levied against presidential candidates more and more often in the social media era: “antichrist.”

When people on my Facebook feed started panicking about whether President Obama was the Antichrist (a panic common enough that it made it into The Onion), it was still novel to me.