Reconciliation
In a world that is often marked by conflict, Christian leaders and their institutions provide direction and theological meaning in our efforts to reconcile to God, ourselves, one another and all of creation. To cultivate thriving communities, we are called to participate in God’s redemption of the world by bearing witness to God’s grace and love.
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Reflection
May 15, 2012 | We are still torn, in our churches and in our hearts, between the impulse toward reconciliation with our enemies and the conviction that God’s justice must be upheld, writes the professor of Bible and practical theology. Read more »
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April 24, 2012 | The 1960s campaign to integrate churches needs to be remembered and re-examined, says the author of “The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation.” Read more »
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April 24, 2012 | A “Sesame Street” character designed to draw attention to hunger among American children inspires a pastor to think about the message of the Sermon on the Mount. Read more »
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Article
March 27, 2012 | A faith-based program in Charlotte, N.C., uses trained mentors to help keep African Americans out of prison. Read more »
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Reflection
March 13, 2012 | God never left the Houston neighborhoods where gangs rule, but the church did. Now a congregation is trying to change that, writes its lead pastor. Read more »
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Reflection
March 13, 2012 | The New Monastic author explains why he has time for words, even when he is overwhelmed by the sense that he has no time for them. Read more »
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Q&A
March 13, 2012 | When Pavel Weiner was a boy in the Nazi camp called Terezin, he kept a diary of his daily life. Years later, his daughter has edited the diary, published as “A Boy in Terezin.” Read more »
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Q&A
February 23, 2012 | The body of Christ is an extraordinarily diverse place, and music has great potential to reach people in the midst of their differences, says the ethnomusicologist and jazz saxophonist. Read more »
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Article
February 28, 2012 | The co-author of a new book on reconciliation with the land reflects on a Brazilian community that models “abundant kingdom homesteading.” Read more »
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February 14, 2012 | In this excerpt from “Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us,” the theologian and ethicist explores what it means to live truthfully, one of the four practices at the heart of thriving Christian communities. Read more »
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