Church + Gracious Spirit of God = Hope
By Al Tizon
When I look at the church, what gives me hope?
When I look at the church, I see a people striving in the Spirit to love God and neighbor in faithful effective ways.
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By Al Tizon
When I look at the church, what gives me hope?
When I look at the church, I see a people striving in the Spirit to love God and neighbor in faithful effective ways.
Compiled by Lauren Grubaugh and Andre Henry
Our hope is that these practical and empowering resources/action ideas will give you the courage and insights you need to fight systemic racism (and other societal ills).
Compiled by Kaitlin Curtice
In a time where we are asking how to be better connected, I want to suggest 10 books by Indigenous authors that will help ground us to the land
By Rev. Margaret Ernst
Dedicated to Jan Richardson, in gratitude for her book The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief
save this blessing for when you most need it.
By Kelley Nikondeha
Pharaoh’s daughter was not the only one to see small bodies washed ashore. We have seen them too.
Born into privilege, Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah* was nursed on narratives of Egyptian greatness.
By Dorothy Thompson
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
This is the world I’m handing off to my young adult sons and future grandchildren? A nation where the merit of removing protections from select groups of humans is an actual subject of debate among its citizens?
By Jean Neely
According to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. This is understandable, given the state of the world and the nature of depression.
Major depression is a whole-body illness.
By Jeremy K. Everett
The calling of the faithful is clear: feed the hungry and you will live.
For the past twenty years, I have traveled the United States and other parts of the world observing, researching, and addressing hunger and poverty.
By Jon Carlson
What we believe about life after death shapes our actions, priorities, and choices in the here and now.
“You’re OK, Eleanor. You’re in the Good Place,” the celestial being Michael (Ted Danson) gently intones to Eleanor (Kristen Bell) in the opening scene of NBC’s sitcom The Good Place.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
Working for peace and understanding across deep difference
For the second year in a row, I was invited to speak to a group of international professors and researchers as part of the Dialogue Institute of Temple University’s Study of the U.S.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free! (Galatians 5:1) Jesus paid the price so that we can be free, and for this reason, we can approach him with freedom, confidence, and joy.
By Benjamin Corey
As I logged onto Facebook on July 4th, I saw the predictable and obligatory independence posts clogging my news feed. Offensive images of the American flag with scripture scrawled about, countless posts about how “great” we
By John T. Booth
For prison inmates, health care comes slowly and unpredictably
“You will get the health care you need, but not right away. They will delay your care by downplaying your symptoms.
By Ron Sider
I often say: “If you are 80 years old, love the Lord, love your wife, love your work, and your doctor says you are in good health, does it get any better than that?”
By Marvin Perkins Jr.
Watch as Give Back Films documents Marvin Perkins Jr., who is living without a home, reciting a poem he wrote about his life.
By Alicia Crosby
On Saturday, May 4th, 2019, the world shifted for many people as the great writer and minister, Rachel Held Evans, transitioned from our world into the ancestral realm. I’ve long admired Rachel and am aware that her work has changed people’s lives, but it is in her passing and the swell of public lamentation that followed that I see just how much of an impact she had on this world.
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