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Sounding the alarm against empire
Faced with the mass mobilization of federal forces in Washington, D.C., a United Methodist Church pastor writes about how she and others are offering protection and hope.
Link to author Donna Claycomb Sokol
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Donna Claycomb Sokol
Pastor, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
What do the roads look like in the kingdom of God? Why urban planning is a theological issue
Urban spaces are designed for cars, not people. But this focus deprives our citizens, especially the most vulnerable, of freedom and safety, writes a Nashville pastor who serves on a transportation advisory group.
Link to author Robin L. Owen
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Robin L. Owen
Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
We can’t just place Black women in leadership, we need to support them
It is not enough to appoint Black women to leadership and call it progress. Without deep, sustained support, the very systems that claim to celebrate us can also harm us, says a preacher and communications specialist.
Link to author Brittini L. Palmer
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Brittini L. Palmer
Writer and preacher
Where do we go from here? One approach to help white Christian workplaces become more inclusive
The unfreeze, change, freeze model, developed in the 1940s, is a practical way for predominantly white workplaces to embrace and implement cultural change.
Link to author Kenneth Young
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Kenneth Young
Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches
‘Love Made Me an Inventor: The Story of Maggy Barankitse’
A professor of ethics recounts the story and impact of humanitarian Maggy Barankitse in a new book.
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David Toole
How prayer, ritual and culture are sustaining the movement for liberation in times of crisis
Liturgies of liberation offer “a shared moral vision for a better world.”
Liz Theoharis
Charon Hribar
For Juneteenth, a Black pastor from Texas reflects on freedom, America, and the fight for belonging
Black history is American history, as Juneteenth reminds us.
Link to author Justin Coleman
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Justin Coleman
Senior pastor, University United Methodist Church
Kevin Sack: Ten years after the mass murder at Mother Emanuel, it’s more important than ever to resist the suppression of history
Nine Black members of the Charleston church were killed by a white supremacist during a Bible study a decade ago. A new book explores Mother Emanuel’s history within the larger racial history of America.
One church’s journey toward racial justice has taken over a decade and still continues
After George Floyd’s murder five years ago, a historic church increased its efforts to address its history. It still has work to do.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
Tyler Sit and Dana Neuhauser: In Minneapolis, the struggle for justice continues five years after the murder of George Floyd
The issues of inequality from well before the death of George Floyd in 2020 have persisted, but the tools to dismantle oppression remain at the heart of the gospel, say two Minneapolis pastors.
