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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.

Memory and Sacrament: A Theologian’s Relationship to Scripture

By David de Leon

I am not a Bible scholar. In fact, the running joke for people in my field (systematic theology) is that we have absolutely no idea what to do with scripture. So when the opportunity to lead a Bible study at my church presented itself this past spring, I surprised myself and jumped at the opportunity.

20 Minute Takes – Jesse Rudy: Widows, Orphans, and Land Theft in Uganda

By Nikki Toyama-Szeto

Season 6, Episode 10

This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki talks with Jesse Rudy. Trained as an attorney, Jesse is the founder and CEO of Redeem International, a Christian faith-based nonprofit that protects some of the world’s most vulnerable widows and orphans from violent abuse and exploitation.

The Nature of Gospel Hope

By CSA Team

What does it mean to have hope—real hope? Gospel hope? And what does hope look like when we are in the midst of questionable, unsettling, or unsure times?

Is hope naïve?

Reflections from a Satisfied Goldilocks

By Kristyn Komarnicki

In April, my husband and I accepted an offer for our home of 25 years. Over the next 60 days, we spent almost every free hour going through what we’d collected over that quarter century.

Christian Nationalism: A Mission Field or an Enemy?

By Caleb Campbell

This is excerpted from Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor, by Caleb Campbell.
For me one of the most painful revelations of 2020 was that many within the American church were not placing their ultimate hope in Jesus but were instead buying the false promises of Christian nationalism—a movement that calls Christian followers to take government power at all costs to advance their preferred way of being in the world.

20 Minute Takes – Rick Barry: Politics & Civic Discipleship

By Rick Barry

Season 6, Episode 6

This week, Nikki talks with Rick Barry, Executive Director of the Center for Christian Civics. Rick helps Christians think about what it looks like for their communities to show up in the public square, and in this episode he helps us to wrap our minds around what civic discipleship looks like and helps break down the variety of ways people understand “politics” today.

20 Minute Takes – Jasmin Shupper & Repair in the Wake of Redlining

By Jasmin Shupper

Season 6, Episode 4

This week, Nikki interviews Jasmin Shupper, the CEO and Founder of the Greenline Housing Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to close the racial wealth and homeownership gaps and reverse the effects of systemic racism in housing by granting access to home ownership for people of color.

20 Minute Takes – Nishan de Mel: Economics, Corruption & Structural Transformation

By Nishan de Mel

Season 6, Episode 2

This week on 20 Minute Takes, we hear from economist Nishan de Mel. In front of a live audience, Nishan talks about how he and his organization, Verité Research, attempted to tackle corruption in governance in Sri Lanka, as well as what it means to participate in inherently unjust structures with an eye toward truth and transformation.

20 Minute Takes – Ruth Padilla DeBorst & Revisiting Transformation

By Ruth Padilla DeBorst

Season 6, Episode 1
Welcome to Season 6!

In this episode, Nikki talks with Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst of the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT). They discuss how a global, interdenominational, and intergenerational community like INFEMIT is helping Christians all over the world think about how the church is showing up in their own contexts, as well as the upcoming Stott-Bediako Forum coming up in Medellín, Colombia, this July 15-17.

A Reflection on Juneteenth, Pride and Shared Freedom

By Darren Calhoun
Juneteenth and Pride are connected by the pursuit of freedom, justice, and human dignity. Pride Is a protest asserting our right to exist and thrive. Juneteenth is a reminder of delayed justice and the long journey toward liberation.