Jewish Lending Groups Step in to Help Their Furloughed Kin Yonat Shimron January 9, 2019 Interfaith, Politics, Practical Justice There are an estimated 800,000 furloughed workers across the country.
Ok, White Folks, here’s how you can really help! Jonathan Brooks February 19, 2014 General, Race 56 FEB 19, 2014 | BY: JONATHAN BROOKS -- It was a brutally cold, Saturday evening in January of this year; my wife and I had agreed earlier...
Excerpt: Endless Lines of Need: The Pool of Bethesda Sarah Raymond Cunningham October 16, 2013 Books, Church Life 1 OCT 16, 2013 | BY: SARAH CUNNINGHAM -- When I was in college, I heard an urban leader speak about the pool of Bethesda. What really...
Financial Help and Health Care Aren't "Crack" For Those in Need Jamie Calloway-Hanauer October 4, 2013 General, Politics 62 OCT 4, 2013 | BY: JAMIE CALLOWAY-HANAUER -- When I was a young newlywed and first-time mom, the older women from my church...
Plant Yourself. Hold Firm and Give Off Light Be A Lighthouse Sarah Raymond Cunningham September 26, 2013 Church Life, General 4 SEPT 26, 2013 | BY: SARAH CUNNINGHAM -- Plant ourselves in our communities and make our purposes and commitments clear. We can...
What Love Looks Like Elyse Jankowski September 21, 2013 Church Life, General 20 SEPT 21, 2013 | BY: ELYSE JANKOWSKI -- Shaheed has one tooth, zero legs and countless stories to tell. He sits in his wheelchair holding...
We Don’t Get To Sit Back Just Because The System Is F@!#$D: Part 4 Of How I Became A Bleeding-Heart Liberal Joy Bennett August 16, 2013 Church Life, General 4 AUGUST 16, 2013 | BY: JOY BENNETT -- I see the flaws and loopholes and, in some cases, downright incompetence, in the systems of...
Poverty, Power, And Misplaced Trust: Part 3 Of How I Became A Bleeding Heart Liberal Joy Bennett August 15, 2013 Church Life, General AUGUST 15, 2013 | BY: JOY BENNETT -- Lest you think I’m deluded, wearing rose colored glasses, romanticizing poverty, or ignorant...
What If Prayer Lists Were Work Lists? Yaholo Hoyt June 30, 2013 Church Life, General, Theology 10 JUNE 30, 2013 | BY: YAHOLO HOYT -- “Ok everyone, time for prayer requests...” I don’t know about you, but those times always...
The Gift of Receiving John Watson June 15, 2013 Church Life, General 5 JUNE 15, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- My son went into hospital, and for the first time, I was the object of help. There was this massive...