What does it mean to follow Jesus in a divided America?
Our ultimate goal isn’t winning an argument or even an election but bringing healing to a suffering world, writes a journalist and author.
Culture & Politics
Recently published
Tags
Tags
‘White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy’
In the closing chapter of a recent book, the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II writes about the hope he sees when poor people come together to advocate for better working conditions and better policies.
Link to author William J. Barber II
By
William J. Barber II
Activist and pastor
How long, O Lord? How long?
What might we hear and think and do as faith leaders as the war in the Middle East grinds on?
Link to author Peter A. Pettit
By
Peter A. Pettit
Teaching pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Mobilizing the poor can help fix America
Believing myths related to poverty and whom it affects has prevented Americans from constructing a society that works for everyone, authors of a recent book say.
Election resources for churches updated for 2024
With election season in full swing, here’s a collection of essays, book excerpts, interviews and other resources to help faith leaders and their communities navigate the weeks ahead.
Are young people still interested in religion and spirituality?
The answer is yes, but if churches want young folks to return, they must repair the harm done by the religious right, says the woman who gave the Young People’s Address to the UMC.
Link to author Alejandra Salemi
By
Alejandra Salemi
Doctoral student, population health sciences
Seven campus ministry leaders reflect on young people and activism
With classes resuming at campuses across the country, some faith leaders who work closely with college students offer insights into what outside observers might be missing about Generation Z.
Dee Bernhardt
Brandon Harris
Larceeda “British” Hyrams
Karen Wright Marsh
CJ Rhodes
Robert Rueda
D. Scott Russell
Six ways small churches can help us stay human during election season
Small churches may seem irrelevant during critical elections of international consequence. But these local congregations have much to teach us about staying human, says a Quaker pastor.
Link to author Andy Stanton-Henry
By
Andy Stanton-Henry
Co-director, Quaker Leadership Center at Earlham School of Religion
Ruth Braunstein: More organizations are recognizing the threat of Christian nationalism
Organizations across political lines and religious identifications are working to combat Christian nationalism, says a sociologist.
Helping children of the incarcerated during Black August
Food insecurity among children who have a parent in jail or prison is an often-overlooked consequence of the U.S. prison-industrial complex. This month’s commemoration of the struggle for Black liberation is an opportunity to highlight that, writes a food justice activist.
Link to author Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
By
Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
Writer, pastor, public theologian and food justice activist
S. Charmaine McKissick-Melton: A civil rights era activist celebrates Pauli Murray’s inclusion in the American Women Quarters Program
S. Charmaine McKissick-Melton and Pauli Murray have more in common than growing up in the same city of Durham, North Carolina. They both were the first Black woman in many rooms they walked into — and both had to fight to be there.
