For Juneteenth, a Black pastor from Texas reflects on freedom, America, and the fight for belonging
Black history is American history, as Juneteenth reminds us.
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Black history is American history, as Juneteenth reminds us.
Nine Black members of the Charleston church were killed by a white supremacist during a Bible study a decade ago. A new book explores Mother Emanuel’s history within the larger racial history of America.
After George Floyd’s murder five years ago, a historic church increased its efforts to address its history. It still has work to do.
The issues of inequality from well before the death of George Floyd in 2020 have persisted, but the tools to dismantle oppression remain at the heart of the gospel, say two Minneapolis pastors.
In his words and his gestures, Francis communicated the need for Christian unity and love, says an expert on the Latino presence in the U.S. Catholic Church.
As the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, an author and liturgist offers a promise of remembrance and a prayer for breath.
As U.S.-made bombs continue to destroy Gaza, interfaith work won’t wait for U.S. Christians, two pastors say.
In this excerpt, the author writes about his friend and mentor Allan Tibbels’ “gift of prophetic conscience” and how it drove his work to build Christian community in a marginalized neighborhood.
The pressure to refute the “diversity hire” narrative is exhausting and demoralizing for people of color, writes the associate director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.
When the author got a second car, her life was much easier. But that convenience came at a cost — the small connections between people that build a sense of belonging.
The pastor of a historic Black church in Washington, D.C., reflects on a recent court ruling that gives it control of the name and logo of a far-right hate group.