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Photo essay: Changing US policy means turmoil for Haitian immigrants
Award-winning photographer Carol Guzy has spent months in Ohio documenting the toll that policy changes and deportation have taken on Haitian immigrants and the communities that they are a part of.
Earle J. Fisher: Voter empowerment is an extension of my pastoral platform
Souls to the Polls efforts by Black churches have gotten attention, but the work has always been more than that, says a pastor, educator and activist.
M.A.R.C.H. promotes racial unity between Dallas Church of Christ congregations
After the murder of Botham Jean, Dallas ministers created an organization that brings Black and white congregations together to build relationships and work for justice.
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Courtney Thomas
Journalist
‘Damned If She Does: Why Women Quit Church and What It Means for the Future of Religion’
Women leaving churches is a sign of American churches’ decline, an author and reporter writes in this excerpt from her new book.
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Sarah Stankorb
Journalist and author
Even when we don’t hear the Holy Spirit, she is still working
On a retreat, an elusive squirrel embodies the Holy Spirit.
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
Aaron Treadwell: A new digital archive preserves nearly 175 years of AME Church documents
An ongoing project to complete the archive of The Christian Recorder newspaper and other publications shows the depth and breadth of Black writing since the 19th century, says the historian leading the effort.
‘The Pink Robe Chronicles: Womanist Wisdom for Healing, Liberation, and Love’
In an excerpt from her new book, a professor and preacher draws on childhood lessons about the importance of using her voice.
Link to author Melva L. Sampson
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Melva L. Sampson
Preacher and practical theologian
How do you love your enemies in a time of war?
After 60 years of working for peace in Vietnam and Iran, a Mennonite peace pastor says human relationships are the key to understanding that we all are created in the image of God.
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Doug Hostetter
Mennonite peace activist
Deon K. Johnson: As America marks its 250th year, the church has a crucial role to play in accurately telling the nation’s story (long version)
The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri’s ministry of writing and sharing daily prayers touches people beyond his parishes, as does his family’s experience of a traumatic year caught up in the federal crackdown on immigrants.
Deon K. Johnson: As America marks its 250th year, the church has a crucial role to play in accurately telling the nation’s story
The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri’s ministry of writing and sharing daily prayers touches people beyond his parishes, as does his family’s experience of a traumatic year caught up in the federal crackdown on immigrants.