Health & Well-being

Russell Pierce: Affordable housing is part of a more just world

Facing rapid gentrification and expanding needs, the nonprofit Housing for New Hope adapts and innovates to work with people who need shelter, says its executive director.

Ambrose Carroll: Talking about the environment in the Black church is empowerment

Rather than a conversation for other people, talking about the environment can be a key component for the Black church in seeking justice, says the founder of Green The Church.

Holly K. Oxhandler: Caring for others' spirituality starts with cultivating your own

Caregivers must be able to recognize the image of God within themselves in order to care for it within others, says the author of a recent book.

Working online from home is fraught for queer clergy

COVID burst into our homes without our consent, upending nearly every part of our lives. Very quickly, where we worked, how we moved and what was safe became unclear, especially for queer clergy, writes the executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.

By Laura Everett Executive director, Massachusetts Council of Churches

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Thema Bryant: Churches play a crucial role in providing mental health support and advocating for better policy

An AME elder who is also president-elect of the American Psychological Association talks about the ways churches can make mental health an integral part of ministry.

Dorothy C. Bass: Christian practices and a way of life abundant

The influential book “Practicing Our Faith” and other works it inspired continue to be pertinent today. A new website invites a new generation to explore Christian practices vital to faithful living.

Channeling shock, rage and disbelief post-Roe

Faith leaders and religious communities must speak up for reproductive justice. Movements like SACReD can help show how, writes a founding board member and college professor.

By Rebecca Todd Peters Professor and program director, Elon University

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Changing the abortion conversation from justification to justice

Framing abortion as an abstract thought exercise distracts from the real issues raised by an unplanned or problem pregnancy, writes a university professor.

By Rebecca Todd Peters Professor and program director, Elon University

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‘What We Wish Were True: Reflections on Nurturing Life and Facing Death’

Tallu Schuyler Quinn reckons with a devastating cancer diagnosis in her posthumously published book.

By Tallu Schuyler Quinn Author

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Offering an ongoing response to mental health needs

As Mental Health Awareness Month draws to a close, we must continue to be responsive to a national crisis worsened by COVID-19.

By Jessica Young Brown Licensed clinical psychologist

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Beyond stigma and shame to recovery and hope in addressing substance-use disorder

Faith coalitions are addressing the opioid crisis by providing resources, connections and a destigmatizing vision.

By Carla Hinton Journalist

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