America – Page 5 – Red Letter Christians

Still Christian? A Prayer for the Reckoning

January 27, 2021

Christian Nationalism, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

We are witnessing the ways that Christianity’s tentacles have bound themselves to patriarchy, nationalism, and white supremacy. For many of us rooted in this tradition, this is a moment of reckoning with its violence.

Revolutionary Love Is The Way To Racial Healing

Michael-Ray Mathews

January 18, 2021

Church Life, Interfaith, Race

Within our denominations, grassroots justice organizations, organizing networks, and movement partners, we have engaged in the best of our sacred traditions to pursue a vision of Beloved Community, of an America that is yet to be, of a nation where ancient breaches are repaired.

This May Not be a Time for an Altar Call to Unity

Robyn Dyba

January 14, 2021

Politics, Practical Justice, Theology

Jesus doesn't bundle salvation or healing. He touches individuals. He speaks to the particular pain of each person. He restores the soul of the singular that then speaks to the wounds of the collective. He saves people, not countries.

What is In Your House?

Jennifer Farmer

January 13, 2021

General, Race, Women

“First and Only” is a leadership resource for Black women who have found themselves in the position of being the first or the only. Unlike most leadership books, my work speaks to the unique challenges that Black women face and posits that a spiritual practice is a key to liberation and sustainability.

Capitol Storm: What Should Come as No Surprise

Meagan Ruby Wagner

January 8, 2021

General, Politics, Race

Let us tell our children the truth about what happened this week at the Capitol: white supremacists and domestic terrorists, deceived and deluded and power hungry, attempted to violently overthrow the government. They faced very little opposition.

Hope’s Beautiful Daughters

Rachel Ophoff

December 19, 2020

Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice

Donald Trump may have lost the election, but it looks like Trumpism is here to stay. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined a well-defined ideology characterized by nativism, white supremacy, and conspiracy theories, embraced by American Evangelical leaders.

True Prophecy in an Age of Deception

Bob Ekblad

December 18, 2020

General, Politics, Theology

Endorsing, pledging one’s allegiance, and putting undue hope and trust in a human leader counts as “worshipping and serving,” and idolatry that must be named and renounced. Jeremiah’s words ring as a highly relevant warning at this moment in America.

Midwives of a New World

Shane Claiborne

December 10, 2020

General, Global, Theology

We need a more robust theology of a God who suffers with us—who was born on the margins and executed on the cross, who knows what it feels like to say “I can’t breathe”—as thousands of folks are saying throughout the streets of America. God is with us.

Liberty, Obedience, and Discipleship

Bill Cayley

November 23, 2020

General, Global, Practical Justice

Calls to use sensible public health measures to stop the spread of COVID are not persecution, they are simply measures to protect our society and those around us. If we cast any infringement on our religious life as persecution, we do a disservice to the Gospel, and to those around us.

Moving On from ‘Cheap Unity’

Jon Mathieu

November 20, 2020

Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice

Perhaps this contrast—the real, difficult version of something held up against the cheap and easy imitation—will help us navigate the disaster of American disunity.