What we can learn from the contemplative heart of the Civil Rights Movement
Howard Thurman and other civil rights leaders modeled how contemplation fuels action and action fuels contemplation.
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Mary Alice Birdwhistell and Tyler D. Mayfield: Exodus and the season of Lent both call us to action
In their new Lenten study, a pastor and a theologian in Louisville invite a practice of activism, one step at a time.
Instead of defining progress as building bridges, consider what the work requires
Remembering the racist attacks on civil rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge pushes us to think about what compromise looks like.
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
Why is it so hard to know how to pray about the Israel-Hamas war?
A pastor struggles with what to say when there are no words that match the enormity and complexity of the conflict.
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Laura Stern
Senior Pastor, Apex United Methodist Church
Rachel L. Swarns: How the sale of 272 enslaved people built the American Catholic Church
In her new book, “The 272,” a journalism professor explains how she pieced together the story of two sisters torn apart by a mass sale of people enslaved by the Catholic Church — and why their story matters.
Cole Arthur Riley: Collective memory as liberation
The bestselling author sees solidarity in liturgy and hope in practicing memory.
Race, healing and changing the world
Ending racial trauma requires discipleship in order to overcome evil and achieve transformation, writes an author in this adapted excerpt from her new book.
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Michelle T. Sanchez
Executive director, Revoice
Peter Storey: Is the church here for the world or itself?
A retired white Methodist bishop from South Africa who worked with Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu to end apartheid urges American Christian leaders to take Christian nationalism seriously.
A white, progressive pastor reflects on the anti-racism work ahead
In the 1960s and ’70s, the work of justice for white people looked like writing letters, joining marches and signing petitions. But the work ahead is focused on economic justice as well as building relationships, writes a Baptist pastor emeritus.
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Mel Williams
Activist & Baptist pastor emeritus
Maggy Barankitse continues the work of peace after fleeing her home country
Nearly a quarter century after she began building Maison Shalom in Burundi, Maggy Barankitse was forced to begin again, helping refugees in Rwanda.
Religious boarding schools harmed generations of Indigenous people. Churches must take responsibility.
For decades, churches in the U.S. and Canada were central to separating Native children from their families.
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