Race

Racial reconciliation

Radical Grace In A History of Race

January 25, 2015

That, in the end, might be the most frightening revelation of all for us: that God’s grace is real in the radical love ethic of Afro-American Christianity—and that, even more—our future depends on turning toward the radical grace of their God.

Dear White Christians: Let’s Talk About Our Fear

Kathy Vestal

January 21, 2015

Practical Justice, Race

As Christians we believe that God is far greater and far more complex than our finite human minds can begin to conceive.

What Seeing Selma Did To Me

Mark Scandrette

January 8, 2015

General, Race

I want to learn better how to listen to God’s voice and act with conscience. For others like me, Selma introduces some courageous people from America's history who could be our teachers.

Standing With the Criminal Christ

Matt Rindge

October 14, 2014

General, Race

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The one time Jesus expresses violence is to protest a powerful system of institutionalized racism. Christians fond of asking, "What would Jesus do, " can follow Jesus' example by protesting and changing systems of racial injustice today.

A Moral Monday Letter to Ferguson

William J. Barber

October 13, 2014

General, Race

I bring you greetings and offer solidarity from the Forward Together Moral Monday Movement in North Carolina.

A Nonviolent Uprising

Shane Claiborne

September 14, 2014

General, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Race

This nonviolent uprising has been incredible to watch. A slow, steady, disciplined movement in Ferguson has caught the world’s attention.

Step by Step, Block by Block: Letting Ferguson Change Us

Derrick Gregory

September 10, 2014

General, Race

We were part of a movement that is building step by step, block by block. The folks we met did not want vengeance and did not want officer Darren Wilson killed. They want an end to killing.

What Resurrection Looks Like: Standing Together for Justice

RLC Editor

September 6, 2014

General, Race

This week, for the first time in 31 years, Henry McCollum woke up in his own bed, a free man.

Seeking An Epathethic Space: The Challenge of a Christian Witness in America

Jamie Calloway-Hanauer

September 2, 2014

General, Race

Rev. Michael McBride, known simply as “Pastor Mike, ” is the Director of Urban Strategies and Lifelines to Healing Campaign for the PICO National Network.

Ferguson: Reading From a Script

Angela Denker

August 28, 2014

General, Race

In the background is where the story is most dangerous. Inside of us, black and white, it lies unexamined and ready to pounce: like HIV, attacking our immune system and making us vulnerable to hatred and death.

Radical Grace In A History of Race

Dear White Christians: Let’s Talk About Our Fear

What Seeing Selma Did To Me

Standing With the Criminal Christ

A Moral Monday Letter to Ferguson

A Nonviolent Uprising

Step by Step, Block by Block: Letting Ferguson Change Us

What Resurrection Looks Like: Standing Together for Justice

Seeking An Epathethic Space: The Challenge of a Christian Witness in America

Ferguson: Reading From a Script

Gun Violence Prevention Month: The Work of RAWtools

RAWTOOLS Guns to Garden Tools Livestream Blacksmith Marathon

INVITATION: Faithful America Sermon Drive Against Christian Nationalism

Enemy Love

Why Christianity is on the Decline in America