‘Pedagogy of the Ancestors: Practices for Mentoring and Teaching Future Generations’
Being a good ancestor means living a life that leaves a better world with less suffering and harm, an educator says in a new book.
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New study documents affordable housing across the country built on faith land
The online, searchable survey of almost 10,000 units of housing shows trends and patterns as congregations and denominations seek to use their properties to serve their communities.
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Nadia A. Mian
Senior program director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement
‘Waking Up Ghosts: Making Peace with Ancestors’
A minister weighs the inheritance of Korean spirituality and shamanism.
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Christine J. Hong
Minister and professor
What happens when neighbors object to your congregation’s building plans?
Conflict is common when churches desire to redevelop underused property. But there are ways to avoid and mitigate neighborhood opposition.
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
Even when we don’t hear the Holy Spirit, she is still working
On a retreat, an elusive squirrel embodies the Holy Spirit.
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
Aaron Treadwell: A new digital archive preserves nearly 175 years of AME Church documents
An ongoing project to complete the archive of The Christian Recorder newspaper and other publications shows the depth and breadth of Black writing since the 19th century, says the historian leading the effort.
‘Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance’
In this excerpt from her new book, a social justice advocate writes about the need for unified collaboration among people of color for systemic change to occur.
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Catherine Meeks
Founder, Turquoise & Lavender Institute for Transformation and Healing
‘The Pink Robe Chronicles: Womanist Wisdom for Healing, Liberation, and Love’
In an excerpt from her new book, a professor and preacher draws on childhood lessons about the importance of using her voice.
Link to author Melva L. Sampson
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Melva L. Sampson
Preacher and practical theologian
‘Threads of Community’: Quilting and the Black church
Members of a sewing ministry and an artist share the way in which quilting honors tradition while also serving as a form of self-expression.
What does community require of us?
Throughout her life, the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray’s writing, teaching and preaching made clear that true community demands the work of radical social transformation.
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Angela Thorpe Mason
Executive director, Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice
A group of volunteers offers a faithful presence in San Diego’s immigration court
After an effort tied to World Refugee Day, a Catholic diocese organically grew a program for faithful people to be witnesses for immigrants.
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Kate Morrissey
Journalist
