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Immigration in America (6)
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The burden of healing when forgiveness becomes political

More than a decade after the massacre at Emanuel AME Church, a pastor reflects on what is required for true forgiveness to occur.

By Byron L. Benton Senior pastor, Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church

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Queering southern hospitality

How churches practice welcome in the rural South.

By Claire Brown Priest and writer

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Beyond church walls, common threads catalyze communities

Faith & Leadership checks in with three previously featured projects about their continued learning and growth over recent years.

By Edie Gross Journalist

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How can the Black church combat the erasure of Black history?

The current threats to Black historical memory should serve as a call for Christian leaders to preserve, celebrate and commemorate Black history, says a pastor of a historic church.

By Kenneth Young Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches

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Moral fatigue and the quiet exhaustion of doing the right thing

We are called to remain true to the common good despite opposition and adversity. That feels particularly hard now, but the Bible offers reassurance.

By Khristi Lauren Adams Author

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Building resilient neighborhoods

A faith-based community development program in Pittsburgh works to heal the traumas of local residents and create sustainable change. Meanwhile, it’s coping with federal funding cuts amid growing demand for its services.

Abundance at the margins: How faith and food justice converge for farmworkers

A ministry in southwest Florida grows and gives away food to the people who harvest the nation’s crops but have little access to fresh food themselves.

By Alexandra Martinez Journalist

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A new documentary focuses on a Civil Rights era journalist and the truth he helped share

Bill Minor’s reporting was important to the movement for civil rights in Mississippi and the nation. His vocation was informed and sustained by his faith, a documentarian writes.

By Ellen Ann Fentress Writer

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At an Indigenous center, the lessons are a way of life

The Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice hosts retreats, sells seeds and cultivates a farm, all in the name of reorienting relationships through Indigenous traditions and thought.

By Cheston Knapp Writer

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Stations of Reparations honor Black church history

The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey pauses annually during Lent to reflect on the effect of systemic racism on its Black parishes. Along with acknowledging its own history, the diocese has worked for reparations at the state level with religious and secular organizations.