The Mosque in My Backyard
That's the funny thing about angels — you never know if they might be wearing a crucifix or a hijab.
#RubyWooPilgrimage: Supporting Women in Leadership
Help us walk this land...and remember...and muster the courage of our foremothers to organize toward a better world.
#NFLKneeldown: Leroy Barber on Fasting from Football
NFL Kneeldown was my attempt, as a football fan, to voice my solidarity with the message that Colin Kaepernick was communicating: the lives of black people and people of color are not honored fully in this country.
Bridging the Divide Between Veterans & Confederate Statues
Loving our enemy requires being able to tell their story well, to listen before we speak.
Silent No More: How Women & People of Color are Changing U.S. Sports and Christianity
It's a verse that has served to silence not only women but also people of color and anyone who dares to challenge the ruling class of white, conservative, Christian evangelical men.
Prayer, Posture, and the Politics of Patriotism: Sunday School Edition
There is no one right way to praise, pray, or petition God. So long as our hearts are in the right place, our posture should reinforce and reflect our attitude
Sleeping with Dreams of Justice
Remember when you were an outsider, anxious and confused, constantly under the iron grip of those in power? Remember that, and in remembering it, be a different people.
The Gospel of Donald Trump
The darkness that Trump — and we — have cultivated seems to settle between and within each one of us. The only “good news” worthy of the name is from the work of a living God, and we can never afford to forget that.
Theological Declaration on Christian Faith & White Supremacy
We publicly declare that what we hold in common in this confession is threatened by the festering infection of Eurocentric white nationalism and white supremacy.
Red Letter Christians in These Troubling Times
We need to pray for the brothers and sisters who articulate the ugly values that were broadcast over television sets around the world, demonstrating that in America the problem of racism has been in no way resolved.