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The pressure to refute the “diversity hire” narrative is exhausting and demoralizing for people of color, writes the associate director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.
Link to author Kenneth Young
When the author got a second car, her life was much easier. But that convenience came at a cost — the small connections between people that build a sense of belonging.
Link to author Meagan Manas
The first months of 2025 have held tragedy for many. What might we consider from that as Lent begins?
Link to author Khristi Lauren Adams
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington preached to a nation at a crossroads with a call to faithful witness, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Mycal X. Brickhouse
Eight years ago, two congregations in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, worked together to provide sanctuary to a woman facing deportation. A pastor deeply involved in that effort looks back on the experience and considers what recent government actions mean for Christian commitment to the vulnerable.
Link to author Isaac Villegas
In the months before the 2024 presidential election, the Purple Church Initiative helped members of hundreds of UMC churches in North Carolina talk with fellow congregants with whom they disagreed.
Acadia Divinity College is experimenting with a course created entirely by AI, part of a project to understand and reflect on the impact of this emerging technology on theological education.
As more migrants leave their homes and look for refuge in the U.S., houses of worship have ample opportunity to live out their faith by welcoming the stranger, says a scholar of the Sanctuary Movement.
Link to author Michael Woolf
Seven Christian writers reflect on the election results and how to move forward faithfully.
Faith & Leadership asked various faith leaders from multiple backgrounds to help lead us in prayer before another watershed U.S. election.
Successful bread dough requires a delicate balance between tension and rest, and so do faith communities, explains a baker and writer.
Link to author Kendall Vanderslice
