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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.
Link to author Celeste Kennel-Shank
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Celeste Kennel-Shank
Journalist
A church and health center collaborate to provide care for people with substance use disorder
The trust built by a church in Galveston, Texas, is translating into better access to treatment at a free clinic staffed by health care providers and housed in former Sunday school classrooms.
Link to author Lindsay Peyton
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Lindsay Peyton
Journalist
What do the roads look like in the kingdom of God? Why urban planning is a theological issue
Urban spaces are designed for cars, not people. But this focus deprives our citizens, especially the most vulnerable, of freedom and safety, writes a Nashville pastor who serves on a transportation advisory group.
Link to author Robin L. Owen
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Robin L. Owen
Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Moy Mendez: A community center is fulfilling a need for fresh vegetables and healthy proteins
Hope Center in Blue Island, Illinois, has begun to focus on growing food and fish for their community and teaching them how healthy foods can make a positive impact.
Facts & Faith Fridays bridges science and faith to host conversations about health
Conversations that began in the pandemic continue as faith and health leaders tackle a variety of health issues, with a focus on the Black community, writes the faith liaison for the program at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Link to author Rachel Pierce
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Rachel Pierce
Faith liaison and engagement coordinator, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Black church leaders help build trust as a pathway to better health
Exploitation and neglect by the scientific and medical communities have left some Black Americans hesitant to participate in research studies. Faith leaders are helping form relationships and connections they hope will address that.
Link to author Melba Newsome
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Melba Newsome
Journalist
Could slowing down help us both recharge and build endurance?
When runners train for a race, they are told to spend most of their time preparing at a slower pace to help them speed up when needed. The strategy offers important lessons for how we approach our work and life, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Emily Lund
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
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
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Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
Writer, pastor, public theologian and food justice activist
Irreverent prayers for times of serious sickness
In the face of their own illnesses, two priests have written a series of prayers that move beyond generic platitudes.
Elizabeth Felicetti
Samantha Vincent-Alexander
What chronic illness can teach us during Lent
For people with chronic illness, ever-present pain reminds us that the point of Lent isn’t to suffer but to transform hurt.
Link to author Amanda Martínez Beck
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Amanda Martínez Beck
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