healing – Red Letter Christians

Beyoncé invites church girls to celebrate their freedom

August 2, 2022

“Lord, place me … I want to be centered in thy will.” Mixed with the sounds of the iconic pioneer of New Orleans bounce music, DJ Jimi, these words, written by Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark of the famed gospel grou...

Amid Recent SBC Report Release, Abuse Victim Advocate, Ashley Easter, Reaffirms Her Commitment to Uplifting Survivors

Ashley Easter

June 9, 2022

General

Last month an explosive report was released detailing the massive amount of abuse and cover up of abuse that has taken place within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over the past two decades. This was the...

Slow To Speak and Quick To Listen (An Excerpt From The Race-Wise Family)

Helen Lee and Michelle Reyes

May 19, 2022

Politics, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

"When we hold the Bible in one hand and the news in the other, our posture as a race-wise family will be to listen often and well, and to be slow to speak. We will challenge ourselves to hear all the voices in a news story and then respond in ways that are honoring and loving toward those who have been victimized or who are struggling."

Roots of Justice

Calenthia Dowdy

August 16, 2021

Books, Church Life, Practical Justice, Race

Much of the healing involves acknowledging that institutions, not just people, are racist.

Speak Love, Not War

Robyn Dyba

August 4, 2021

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Theology

Why is it that our modern church culture identifies faith with the language of pain, aggression, and domination more so than with nurturing peace and equality?

How Mormonism Can Save America

Jana Riess

August 2, 2021

Books, Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice

Mormonism teaches me that I don’t get to excommunicate folks from my world just because we disagree. And I am so, so glad of it.

Jesus, Justice, and the Suffering of the Marginalized

David Piorek

July 28, 2021

Practical Justice, Race, Women

Yet, where we see suffering, we often see Jesus. Jesus’ arrival in the Gerasenes shows us how he breaks into the marginalized areas of our societies where those who are suffering have been left to languish.

Struggle is Faithfulness: Thoughts from Inside Chronic Illness

Jenna Wysong Filbrun

May 25, 2021

General, Theology

However, is God directly responsible for one person’s healing while another suffers or dies? When God gets credit for the first outcome but not the second, it leaves the second person (and/or their loved ones) invisible, insignificant, and clearly excluded from God’s circle of care.