One of my spiritual practices is community organizing. I never imagined I would find God in organizing work, or that I would..
In 1972, I was 12 years old on a bus headed to Wooddale Junior High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The year before,..
The screams of hate against refugees, undocumented peoples, and children fuel a fire within me, I embrace the fire and release the..
Several years ago, at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, I attended a Styberg Library lecture by Stephen Ray Jr. that..
Pray for the community each day. Identify community leaders with power and influence. Have a relational meeting with at least three..
Years ago, I visited a church whose pastor proudly explained that their congregation was involved in 17 mission activities and programs. There..
My six-year-old daughter just spent an hour explaining, in painful detail, the plot and characters of the animated show “Avatar,” originally on..
“We are only a healthy community if we’re taking care of everybody.” — Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth As the coordinator of the..
The two-fold crisis we face U.S. Christians have a worldwide reputation for generosity when compared with other groups in this country and..
One of the lessons the COVID-19 pandemic has taught churches is this: For many Presbyterians, receiving communion is a powerful, precious part..
As I seek shelter from the storm and run from the meadow of familiarity to the dark forest of confusion, where shall..
Smartphones, social media and a slew of emails — all these things came into existence in only the past couple of decades...
Eckerd College’s Professor of Human Development, Tamar E. Shovali, shares the learning that happens in an intergenerational environment.
Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty explores the contemporary context of caregiving and how the church can support caregivers.
I became a senior citizen in 2021, a transition I had largely ignored for most of my life. As a public high..
Alec MacGillis Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 400 pages What’s happening to Baltimore, Maryland? To St. Louis, Missouri? To Dayton, Ohio? To Newark,..
In Memory of Rev. Shannon O’Leary Tammy pounded her fist into her baseball glove: once, twice. The boys on the other side..
Last week, I found myself staring at a torn, yellowed page striped by paint and typeface with seven words marching down the..
From November 2019 to June 2020, Pew Research Center conducted its first large-scale, nationally representative survey of Black Americans about their religious..
Tell us about yourself and your sense of call. What led you to apply to be our book review editor? When a..
My Chicago neighborhood is known for its lively town square. The heart of the physical square is The Book Cellar, a locally-owned..
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“Because they use the church as their only measuring stick, Presbyterians and other mainline Protestant religions often have a sense of decline..
Upward socioeconomic mobility is something that many families count on when sending their children to college. Their expectation is that earning a..
As the president and the chaplain of Austin College in Sherman, Texas – one of the 54 member institutions of the Association..
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