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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.
Link to author Alexandra Martinez
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Alexandra Martinez
Journalist
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.
Link to author Ellen Ann Fentress
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Ellen Ann Fentress
Writer
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.
Link to author Cheston Knapp
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Cheston Knapp
Writer
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.
Link to author Annette John-Hall
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Annette John-Hall
Journalist
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.
Link to author Candice Marie Benbow
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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
