Excerpt from “He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row”
I hadn’t even realized that, although we had visited in various combinations at random times, we had not all four been there together for a while. He ...
Excerpt from “More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew”
Excerpted from MORE THAN I IMAGINED © 2023 by John Blake. Published by Convergent, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC....
“TELL THE REST” an excerpt
Excerpt from Tell the Rest, by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
In this excerpt from a much longer scene, Delia returns to the church and office of the pastor who...
“for small activism” & “for seeing color”
for small activism
O You Who Plant Trees from Mustard Seeds,
When my daughter becomes despairing over the state of the world
—which she will—
...
What is Resistance?
Resistance always begins with curiosity, with questions. We often do not ask our questions, not because we are afraid of the answer, but because there...
Being Jesus’ Instruments For Life, Justice, and Amplifying The Voices of Those In The Margins
As Christ-followers, we are to live as Paul states in Galatians 2:20a.
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ wh...
Launching TODAY! Shane Claiborne’s “Rethinking Life”
Chapter 1: Life Is Good
Our goal is to develop a comprehensive, all-encompassing ethic of life that compels us to be champions of life, to cherish li...
Launching Next Week! Shane Claiborne’s “Rethinking Life”
Introduction
An Invitation to Love Life
I grew up in the heart of the Bible Belt, in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. I fell in love with Jesus...
Basic Instructions for Seeing What’s True, an Excerpt from “Start With Hello”
Our ability to relate with others is largely tied to our exposure. Because of systems put into place across time immemorial, most of us live sequester...
Cross > Sword, an Excerpt from “Everyday Activism”
A few years ago, I read a groundbreaking book called Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict. In this book, two politic...