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An Open Letter to Pastor Jeffress: Fight Racial Injustice in the Spirit of Rev. Dr. King

January 15, 2018

Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

Now I’m wondering which Dr. King you were referring to? It must have been the sanitized myth of the “apostle of nonviolence” that America created in order to fit her narrative of exceptionalism.

On Mormons, Modesty, & Missing the Point of the #MeToo Movement

Jana Riess

January 10, 2018

General, Practical Justice, Theology

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These were not “stunning, modest dresses from the red carpet.” They were intentionally somber dresses that were selected to make a point .

A Confession (Of Sorts) from a Former Fundamentalist Christian

Tara Conradt

November 21, 2017

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology

Once you see your brother or sister through the eyes of their suffering lord, you must wake up in a way that will change you.

An Altar Call to Support the Captives on Manus

Jarrod McKenna

November 11, 2017

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Practical Justice, Theology

This is what the men on Manus need, the church to live into our baptism. Forget the politics or right or left – we need the politics of grace that is our baptism.

#LoveMakesAWay: Aerial Sit-In for Asylum Refugees

RLC Editor

November 9, 2017

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Practical Justice

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The lives of 600 people on Manus Island hang in the balance, their fate is in Julie Bishop's hands.

Why I Bother Being Lutheran: Theology of the Cross

Angela Denker

October 30, 2017

Church Life, General, Theology

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If God was there at the cross, and Jesus rose again, then God could still be here —even after death, even after suffering, after divorce and betrayal. And the theology of the cross that is Lutheran not only heals, but it indicts.

For the ‘Cause of Christ,’ Liberty Alumni Return Diplomas

Elaina Ramsey

October 27, 2017

General, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

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"...the priorities of the university are political power and earthly wealth. For this, I call Liberty University and its leadership to repent and return to the gospel."

#NFLKneeldown: Leroy Barber on Fasting from Football

Margot Starbuck

October 13, 2017

General, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

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NFL Kneeldown was my attempt, as a football fan, to voice my solidarity with the message that Colin Kaepernick was communicating: the lives of black people and people of color are not honored fully in this country.

Will America Pick Up Its Cross?

Lisa Sharon Harper

August 14, 2017

Church Life, Politics, Race, Theology

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Today the colonizing spirit leads Christian conferences to flash all (or nearly all) white speaker lineups without a blush, promote white worship music as the gold Christian standard around the world, and build mega churches in the mold of mega malls and amusement parks that serve hundreds of thousands music and scripture disconnected from parishioners’ local contexts and needs.