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Why did we love the Walk for Peace?
The gripping tale of 19 Buddhist monks simply walking for peace reminds us that even our little steps can impact our communities.
Link to author Aleta Payne
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
Seminary helped me understand sacred activism; now I teach it to my high school students
We can trust young people to handle complexity and think critically, especially when they have the necessary tools, language and space to reflect.
Link to author Khristi Lauren Adams
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Khristi Lauren Adams
Author
Faithful people are called to deep politics, not cheap politics
The teachings of Jesus require us to engage in the work of justice. That is different from partisan politics, writes a peace activist.
Link to author David LaMotte
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David LaMotte
Songwriter, speaker, author and peace activist
Justice Theater Project encourages community conversation and engagement through its performances
For more than two decades, a secular theater company has partnered with Raleigh, North Carolina, churches to offer programing with distinctly justice-focused themes.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
‘Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith’
In a new posthumous collection of her essays, friends of writer Rachel Held Evans reflect on her work. Theologian Candice Marie Benbow shares thoughts in this excerpt on feminism and allyship.
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Candice Marie Benbow
Author
The limits of hope and the promise of joy
In an excerpt from his new book, “Ancestors: Those Who Bless Us, Curse Us and Hold Us,” an AME pastor writes about the church as inherently political and why we cannot wait on God for change.
Link to author William H. Lamar IV
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William H. Lamar IV
Pastor, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
Lessons from Minneapolis for people of faith
A United Methodist pastor in Minneapolis emphasizes the importance of faith communities’ public ministry during a surge of immigration enforcement in his city.
Link to author Tyler Sit
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Tyler Sit
Pastor and author
Clergy from across the country respond to opportunities for solidarity and learning in Minneapolis
A multifaith coalition invited religious leaders to come together and bear witness to the crisis started by Operation Metro Surge.
Link to author Dana Neuhauser
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Dana Neuhauser
Organizer and deacon
One day in the ministry of pastors in Minneapolis
Two Lutheran pastors in Minneapolis are providing for congregants’ needs and trying to hold onto joy amid the daily chaos and terror.
Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero who was also human
The people we admire must reflect a faithful commitment to ongoing spiritual formation despite their flaws. That is more important than perfection, a Methodist pastor writes.
Link to author Justin Coleman
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Justin Coleman
Senior pastor, University United Methodist Church
