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.
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Why storytelling is a spiritual practice
Telling stories isn’t just about consuming them; it begins with reverence and listening, says a professional storyteller.
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Elizabeth Le’anani Coffee
Managing director, Lake Institute on Faith and Giving
‘Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders’
A missiologist, a religion journalist and a church researcher write about one of the largest American churches in the 1960s in an excerpt from a recent book.
Daniel Yang
Adelle Banks
Warren Bird
When the power goes out, churches offer shelter through the Community Lighthouse network
New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer.
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Delaney Dryfoos
Journalist
Home by another way? How Epiphany can help us navigate today’s tensions
The Magi protected the Christ child by going home another way. What does that gesture mean in a world where millions of people are being displaced or deported?
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Melissa Spas
Nonprofit leader
Argrow “Kit” Evans-Ford: Families deserve generational, sustainable, long-term change
This Christian social enterprise has expanded from bath and body products to a café and food truck to support and train women who have experienced abuse.
On Christmas Eve, Christ House marks four decades of providing healthcare for unhoused men
A Washington, D.C., nonprofit celebrates the 40th anniversary of its ministry of medical support, community building and leadership in the field.
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Edie Gross
Journalist
I was slammed to the ground and arrested outside an ICE facility. It was a holy experience.
Internment sites are being operated across the country, writes a Chicago pastor. What we do with this knowledge tells us everything about the Christians we are.
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Michael Woolf
Senior minister, Lake Street Church of Evanston
Celebrating as a community the baby to come
In this excerpt from his book “Migrant God,” the Rev. Isaac Villegas writes about an impromptu baby shower in a shelter for migrants with a story that is particularly resonant for Advent.
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Isaac Villegas
Pastor and writer
What’s the role of ‘First Churches’ in natural disasters?
After large-scale crises, big-steeple churches anchor communities using their unique status, relationships and networks to help communities respond and rebuild.
Kenneth H. Carter Jr.
Audrey Warren
Federal agents tear-gassed my block
A Chicago resident and her neighbors respond to federal agents, drawing upon the city’s organizing tradition in a time when people feel under threat.
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Celeste Kennel-Shank
Journalist
