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Drop Your Flag: Redefining Patriotism for the 4th

Pete Newlove
July 4, 2015
Church Life, Politics
If we are against the Confederate flag, how do we feel about its “American” counterpart? You know, the one flying over the White House? You know, the one children in this country are taught to pledge allegiance to?

The 4th of July for Native Americans: It’s Complicated

Mark Charles
July 3, 2015
General, Politics, Race
So this Fourth of July I invite every American to start their day by learning about the Doctrine of Discovery.

4 Tips for Following Jesus in an Election Season

Jon Huckins
May 27, 2015
General, Politics
We live in a system where elections matter because they determine who will make decisions that impact people created in the image of God and with infinite worth.

Democracy Demands Community-Oriented Policing: Accept No Substitutes

David Couper
April 15, 2015
Politics, Practical Justice
As people of faith we need to press forward and encourage police to work with us and, together, build strong communities -- one neighborhood at a time. That’s what police in a democracy do and that’s what we must expect and encourage from our city’s leaders.

Holy Week in an Unholy World

Shane Claiborne
April 2, 2015
Politics, Practical Justice, Theology
It is a Holy Week. Death does not get the last word. There is a movement happening – and this movement is about life.

A Holy Week Call to End Interposition of Loretta Lynch Nomination

William J. Barber
March 31, 2015
Politics
Specifically, we ask each of you, during this Holy Week, when courage, love, and justice triumphed over fear, hatred and injustice, to announce your support for U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch for the Attorney General of the United States of America.

Black Prophetic Fire in the Age of Obama

Cornel West
March 18, 2015
Politics, Practical Justice, Race
  The great irony of our time is that in the age of Obama the grand Black prophetic tradition is weak and feeble. Obama’s Black face of the Am...

North Carolina is Our Selma

William J. Barber
March 9, 2015
Politics, Race
MAR 9, 2015 | By: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II--Selma is not dead. It's not even past. It is alive in North Carolina.

Dreams, Deeds, and the Soul of Selma

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
March 8, 2015
Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice
Faith roots us in the struggle for justice, and only those movements like Selma which are rooted deeply can challenge the principalities and powers in high places.

Nonviolence in the Face of ISIS?

Micah Bales
March 3, 2015
Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics
One thing is for sure: It’s impossible to argue for nonviolence using the violent logic of Empire. Those of us who are committed to the nonviolent way of Jesus simply can’t explain our conviction in terms that the mainstream culture will find satisfying.
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