Reconciliation

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From left to right, North Carolina Central University Interfaith Ambassadors Khalid Oloko, Charity Brown, Maryam Awan, Kelly Thomas, Joshua McLaurin and Lyric Harris at the Interfaith Youth Core Leadership Institute in Chicago. Photo courtesy of Gloria Winston-Harris.

Reconciliation, Interfaith, Education, Higher education

Gloria Winston-Harris: Conflict is healthy and can promote interfaith understanding

In an interfaith setting, resolving conflict as quickly as possible isn’t the goal. Rather, healthy conflict can be a spark that leads us to self-awareness, self-reflection and transformation, writes the director of North Carolina Central University’s Office of Spiritual Development and Dialogue.

Joined by Urban Doxology staff, interns are all in as they get ready to perform a concert of their own worship songs. Photo by Mike Morones

Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic, Congregations, Worship, Arts & Culture, Performing arts

Songwriting internship empowers young Christians to write 'soundtrack of reconciliation'

At the Urban Doxology Songwriting Internship, young musicians study theology and collaborate on worship songs that speak to the challenges of a diverse community.

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Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

Yulise Reaves Waters: The church can help disrupt the schools-to-prison pipeline

At a time when the criminal justice system is looking for alternatives to prison, the church has an important role to play in helping those who need it most, says a Dallas assistant city attorney.

Kimchi, a staple in Korean cuisine, is made from salted, fermented vegetables, frequently cabbage. Bigstock/Moongza

Theological Reflection, Congregations, Reconciliation

Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Rely on the Holy Spirit in the struggle for justice

With the help of the Holy Spirit, churches can build community, welcome the stranger, love our neighbors, and break down walls of oppression and injustice, writes a theologian and professor.

Teenagers from an Iowa church youth group and Baltimore schoolchildren take a break during a summer learning camp. Photo by J.M. Giordano

Missions & Evangelism, Reconciliation, Community, Racial & ethnic

Baltimore mission program subverts the notion of church groups "fixing" or "saving" people

At Baltimore’s The Center, church groups from across the U.S. work with outreach ministries of local congregations while learning about the theology of missions and the root causes of poverty and racism. Organizers hope they will apply these lessons in their home communities.

Youth march in the street holding banner reading "Peace Starts Here"

Chicago high school students from The Faith Community of St. Sabina's B.R.A.V.E. program (Bold Resistance Against Violence Everywhere) along with other high school from the neighborhood around St. Sabina attend anti-gun violence rally and march on the South Side. Photo by Anne Ryan

Youth & Children, Youth ministry, Reconciliation

B.R.A.V.E. Youth Leaders chart a strategy to combat violence and promote peace

Youth on Chicago’s South Side are taking anti-violence work into their own hands. Rallies and protests are just part of a campaign that also includes advocacy and policy change.

Reconciliation, Community

Allen R. Hilton: The country is polarized. How can Christians help?

The founder of a nonprofit that facilitates courageous conversations in churches about difficult topics hopes that its impact will spread beyond the sanctuary to society as a whole.

Close-up of a postage stamp rendering of Picasso's painting "First Steps"

Detail from "First Steps" by Pablo Picasso. Bigstock/Neftali

Reconciliation, Arts & Culture

Ellen Ott Marshall: What is "responsible hope"?

Hope is not a can-do attitude. Nor is it something with which God infuses us. Rather, it is a sense of possibility that can be fostered through practices of attentiveness.

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Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

Velda Love: People want to be part of the conversation about race and equity

The United Church of Christ’s minister for racial justice helps people get started and stay on the journey of dismantling racism and deconstructing whiteness.

Detail from the book cover of "Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel" by Gary Dorrien.

Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic, Christian Leadership, Pastoral leadership

Gary Dorrien: Martin Luther King Jr. and the black social gospel

Though often overlooked by historians, the black social gospel -- a black church variant of the social gospel -- played a major role in the theology and ministry of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, says the seminary professor and author.

A learning resource for Christian leaders and their institutions from Leadership Education at Duke Divinity