Author
Joshua Eaton
Journalist
Joshua Eaton is a data and print journalist covering religion and society, human rights and mass surveillance. He has done extensive reporting on human rights in Tibet, economic inequality in Bahrain, poverty in the American South, the religious left in the United States and National Security Agency surveillance worldwide.
Joshua is currently editor-in-chief of Spare Change News. Before joining Spare Change News, Eaton was co-editor of Cult/ure: The Graduate Journal of Harvard Divinity School. His work has appeared at Salon, Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera English, Huffington Post, GlobalPost, Buddhadharma, Tricyle, Tikkun and other publications.
Joshua holds a master of divinity from Harvard University. Originally from Athens, Ga., he now lives in the Boston area.
Lilly Endowment Inc. announces Exploring Christian Practices Initiative
The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith.
In this open and competitive initiative, the Endowment invites charitable organizations to submit proposals for grants of up to $2.5 million each that may be used for up to a five-year period to develop new and/or enhance existing programs that present promising strategies for advancing the aim of the initiative and provide compelling and thoughtful responses to its guiding questions. The Endowment anticipates awarding approximately 60 grants and announcing grant awards in December 2026.
The Endowment will host four virtual information sessions (February 17, 19, 24, and 25) to discuss the Exploring Christian Practices guidelines for submitting a proposal. An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.
Learn More and register for information sessions