Turning Guns into Garden Tools
By turning swords into plowshares and guns into garden tools, we’re advocating for an altogether different approach to violence in our country. An approach that elevates the Sermon on the Mount over the 2nd Amendment.
As A Mother of Two Sons, My Take on #MeToo
I will not be surprised if I hear that my son mistreats a woman or a girl, or if my son is involved in sexual harassment. I will remember that even though he is my beloved son, he is also a product of his culture, and I will care for the women and girls, and I will not attempt to discredit their truth, even if it harms my son.
A Reminder for the Relocated
In the name of the Christ who absorbed violence with grace / Tell us again how love alone is what saves us
Revolutionary Love in an Era of Rage
We did something that was previously unthinkable. We asked: who is the one person we have not yet tried to love? We decided to call Balbir Uncle’s murderer.
Theological Declaration on Christian Faith & White Supremacy
We publicly declare that what we hold in common in this confession is threatened by the festering infection of Eurocentric white nationalism and white supremacy.
Red Letter Christians in These Troubling Times
We need to pray for the brothers and sisters who articulate the ugly values that were broadcast over television sets around the world, demonstrating that in America the problem of racism has been in no way resolved.
August 9th: A Day of Repentance?
What we did to Nagasaki and Hiroshima was wrong. What the Ferguson police did to Michael Brown was wrong. August 9th is a good day to repent and to turn from death to LIFE.
Holy Week in an Unholy World
It is a Holy Week. Death does not get the last word. There is a movement happening – and this movement is about life.
War, Women, and Children
AUG 8, 2014 | BY: PETE NEWLOVE -- We should remember the women of Israel who live under the threat of indiscriminate rockets...
Christians: There’s only ONE side to pick in Israel vs. Palestine
AUG 1, 2014 | BY: MATT DARVAS -- When my wife and I visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories last year as part of a study...