Practical Justice – Page 40 – Red Letter Christians

Been Down Into the South: A 21st-Century Freedom Ride (Part 1)

May 20, 2015

When we pay attention, there’s a fire at the heart of our shared life in America. The question Baltimore is forcing us to consider is whether we will be consumed by these flames or saved from them?

Death Has Lost Its Sting

Shane Claiborne

May 19, 2015

Church Life, Practical Justice, Theology

I find it hard to find mercy in my heart for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. I guess that is why we need God’s help. And I guess that is why it is called “faith”.

Living Faithful Stories

Cindy Brandt

May 14, 2015

Church Life, Practical Justice

Justice is not sentimentality, it is a movement for change. And it happens when we stop being spectators and involve ourselves in the stories of suffering and redemption.

Hospitality and the Language of Knocks

Joshua Hearne

May 13, 2015

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

Our household has learned to guess who might be at the door by the knock we hear.

The Danger of Not Being Ashamed: A White Mother’s Lament for Freddie Gray

Angela Denker

May 1, 2015

Practical Justice, Race

"Yet they were not ashamed." Was I the they? Who were God's people?

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.

The Execution of Walter Scott

David Couper

April 9, 2015

Practical Justice

The shooting of Walter Scott was not an accident, but an execution.

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.

Washing the Feet of the Homeless

Jason Storbakken

April 2, 2015

Practical Justice

The Spirit of Jesus is very present on the Bowery. It is humbling to wash feet, and it is evident that it is often humbling for many of the men to have their feet washed.

This Holy Week, End the Death Penalty

RLC Editor

April 1, 2015

General, Practical Justice

As Christians preparing for the holy days of Christ’s suffering and death on the cross, we speak out with renewed urgency against the death penalty.