Love for Enemies
As we seek to do justice let’s not forget to love kindness and walk humbly with our God, even in 2020. They will know we are Christians by our love.
Inclusive Hymn Rewrite Challenge
There is nothing gratuitous about the arts right now. They are not added, they are essential—like spirituals in the hell of cotton fields, anti-war songs of the 60s, AIDS blankets and inner city murals and poetry that says what everybody’s tired souls are feeling.
Prophetic Lament and Joyful Noise
One summer during college, a friend of mine hitchhiked his way to visit Wendell Berry at his homestead in Henry County, Kentucky. Inspired by Berry’s writing, my friend had decided it was finally time to meet t...
White Church Leaders’ Praise + Protest Pledge
We come together to express our commitment towards fighting racial injustice in our own spheres of influence and America at large.
Waking Up
I turn my face with hand upraised
overwhelmed by the rays of truth
That illuminate injustice
Why It Matters: An Interview with Sara Groves About Noticing and Naming
The public naming of things hidden, things embedded, systemic, is prophetic.
Why Have You Forsaken Us (by The Many)
Lament is a form of protest and resistance to anything that destroys life.
Beauty for Weary Souls
In ways which facts and arguments will never reach us, beauty has a way of bypassing our heads and going straight to our hearts.
Black History Resources for All Ages
Because our history is a prophetic mixture of lament, resilience, resistance, pride, and celebration.
When Worship Is Resistance: Hymn for the 81%
It is a love song to the church and a call to repentance.