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Eric Lewis Williams: ‘We need a theological vision that will help us to hold on a little while longer’
The former curator of religion at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture discusses his work there and his hopes for his new role as director of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School.
What anti-equity policies mean for higher education, particularly HBCUs
A series of recent decisions will have far-reaching ramifications headed into a new academic year, writes an associate director of Vanderbilt University’s Initiative for Race Research and Justice.
Link to author Ira Murray
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Ira Murray
Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Initiative for Race Research and Justice
Why deep listening matters for congregations and disciples
Listening — really listening — is the first step for participants in a program to build relationships between people on university campuses and the congregations near them, writes the program director of The Vinery.
Link to author Alexis Carter Thomas
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Alexis Carter Thomas
Writer and researcher
‘What do students want?’
An interfaith space at Virginia Commonwealth University uses asset-based community development to focus on the strengths and interests of the students who walk through its doors rather than telling them what they need.
Link to author Edie Gross
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Edie Gross
Journalist
Daniel J. Bernardo: Interim leaders aren’t just placeholders
Too often, interim leaders are expected to tread water while an institution searches for a replacement. That’s an important opportunity lost, both for the person and for the organization, says the author of a book on interim leadership in higher education.
A campus ministry thrives in the pandemic by appealing to young people and planting house churches
In a student ministry at the University of Mary Washington, two pastors have overseen the birth of several house churches by relying on the power of creativity and connection.
Link to author Edie Gross
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Edie Gross
Journalist
A campus ministry opens a pay-as-you-can deli just as the pandemic hits
When the students at the Baptist Student Ministry in the Rio Grande Valley opened a deli near campus, they knew it was innovative. What they didn’t know was that their restaurant would become a vital source of meals for people in need.
Link to author Elizabeth Le'anani Coffee
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Elizabeth Le'anani Coffee
Community engagement facilitator, H.E. Butt Foundation
Dominique A. Robinson: How I reach college students as a womanist millennial preacher
The inaugural dean of chapel at Wiley College blends traditional faith practices with a fresh approach in order to inspire and teach undergraduates at the HBCU.
Christian parents must allow their children the freedom to develop their own identities
A parent’s desire to guarantee a child’s success prevents the child’s own development -- and is not the way God parents us, says a theologian and mother.
Link to author Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Professor, Earlham School of Religion
It's not the church's job to decide who belongs
When churches hold onto anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, there are real people whose sacred stories and journeys are being forgotten, writes a college chaplain and author.
Link to author Arionne Yvette Williams
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Arionne Yvette Williams
Associate Chaplain, University of Indianapolis
