Reconciliation
Reconciliation
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TagsWhat does it mean to follow Jesus in a divided America?
Our ultimate goal isn’t winning an argument or even an election but bringing healing to a suffering world, writes a journalist and author.
How long, O Lord? How long?
What might we hear and think and do as faith leaders as the war in the Middle East grinds on?
Brenda Salter McNeil: Reconciliation is about much more than making friends
For the Seattle-based theologian, living into the reality of reconciliation means contributing to a world where all of God’s creation can flourish.
What we can learn from the contemplative heart of the Civil Rights Movement
Howard Thurman and other civil rights leaders modeled how contemplation fuels action and action fuels contemplation.
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.
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.
Rachel L. Swarns: How the sale of 272 enslaved people built the American Catholic Church
In her new book, “The 272,” a journalism professor explains how she pieced together the story of two sisters torn apart by a mass sale of people enslaved by the Catholic Church — and why their story matters.
Cole Arthur Riley: Collective memory as liberation
The bestselling author sees solidarity in liturgy and hope in practicing memory.
Race, healing and changing the world
Ending racial trauma requires discipleship in order to overcome evil and achieve transformation, writes an author in this adapted excerpt from her new book.