Embracing a fruitless season
A writer adapts the church traditions of his childhood in Montserrat, where fruit and flowers decorate the sanctuaries, to his life in the United States
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I was slammed to the ground and arrested outside an ICE facility. It was a holy experience.
Internment sites are being operated across the country, writes a Chicago pastor. What we do with this knowledge tells us everything about the Christians we are.
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Michael Woolf
Senior minister, Lake Street Church of Evanston
Fear, anger and protest: A look inside the immigration crackdown in New York City
Photojournalist Carol Guzy and the Rev. Fabián Arias are regularly in the halls of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, which has become a center for detaining immigrants who appear for their court cases.
Finding abundance in our connection with God and one another
It is especially important in difficult times to understand what an authentically abundant life is and to engage in spiritual practices to sustain it, writes a psychologist who focuses on faith and mental health.
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Jessica Young Brown
Licensed clinical psychologist
Federal agents tear-gassed my block
A Chicago resident and her neighbors respond to federal agents, drawing upon the city’s organizing tradition in a time when people feel under threat.
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Celeste Kennel-Shank
Journalist
Working collectively to stop the harm done to migrants
Being willing to pivot and to co-create solutions are two ways a church has learned to support migrants, writes a United Methodist pastor in Washington, D.C.
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Stephanie Vader
Senior pastor, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C.
The Council of Nicaea’s lessons for today
Reflecting on the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the dean of Duke Divinity School points to how the making of the creed can guide Christians today.
Link to author Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric
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Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric
Dean of Duke Divinity School; Ruth and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry
Relationships make a difference even in the hardest times
History reminds us of the importance of relationships, especially when our humanity is threatened.
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Emma Akpan
Writer
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.
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Donna Claycomb Sokol
Pastor, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
Federal law enforcement efforts in Washington, D.C., are deepening fear and uncertainty for unhoused people
God wants us to see and to know one another, but the federal crackdown on people who are homeless is forcing them to be invisible. This should be gut-wrenching to Christians, says a pastor in Washington, D.C.
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Meghan Brown
Pastor
What you need to know about the recent IRS proposal
Faith communities should continue to engage in issue advocacy, but endorsing or opposing candidates for political office is a bad idea, writes the general counsel and associate executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
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Holly Hollman
General counsel and associate executive director, BJC
