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Block by block, an organization addresses the trauma underlying community needs
In Pittsburgh, a Black Orthodox priest heads the Neighborhood Resilience Project, an innovative, faith-based community development program.
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Tina Hay
Journalist
Ensuring access to the polls is a sacred cause
A national coalition of faith organizations is working to protect the freedom to vote. Faiths United to Save Democracy is already geared up for this year’s elections.
Link to author Adam Russell Taylor
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Adam Russell Taylor
President, Sojourners
Mindful mentoring can help develop leaders
Studies show that while mentoring can make a difference, especially for women and people of color, mentoring alone is not enough. A white male administrator shares his ideas about ways leaders can leverage their roles to support and advocate for women and people from marginalized groups.
Link to author Todd Maberry
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Todd Maberry
Managing director, Ormond Center at Duke Divinity School
Mary Alice Birdwhistell and Tyler D. Mayfield: Exodus and the season of Lent both call us to action
In their new Lenten study, a pastor and a theologian in Louisville invite a practice of activism, one step at a time.
Instead of defining progress as building bridges, consider what the work requires
Remembering the racist attacks on civil rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge pushes us to think about what compromise looks like.
Link to author Aleta Payne
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
‘Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems and Meditations for Staying Human’
In her newest book, Cole Arthur Riley offers reflections and spiritual exercises while curating the wisdom of Black leaders who have gone before.
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Cole Arthur Riley
Writer
David P. Gushee: Christians threaten democracy — and can help save it
Reactionary Christians who embrace authoritarianism contribute to democratic erosion around the world, says a Christian ethicist. Yet the Christian tradition and its concern for the common good of all can strengthen democracy as well.
Why is it so hard to know how to pray about the Israel-Hamas war?
A pastor struggles with what to say when there are no words that match the enormity and complexity of the conflict.
Link to author Laura Stern
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Laura Stern
Senior Pastor, Apex United Methodist Church
The well of joy
We cannot deny the world’s suffering, but building up our sources of joy can help sustain us in work for justice, writes a clinical psychologist.
Link to author Jessica Young Brown
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Jessica Young Brown
Licensed clinical psychologist
At Bethlehem Farm, living creatively and building community
A West Virginia Catholic community based on a working farm shares a commitment to sustainability and support for their neighbors with rotating teams of volunteers.
Link to author Zack Harold
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Zack Harold
Journalist
