Outlook Features Resurrection is a movement: A call to recover the original Easter vision in an age of mass incarceration I never really liked Easter – the pastel holiday of springtime flowers, the tired imagery of an emptied tomb, the hollow cheers..
Outlook Features Inside, Outside, Upside Down: A hospital chaplain reflects on two years of COVID Inside, Outside, Upside Down is the title of a children’s book written by Stan and Jan Berenstein to teach young children about..
Outlook Features The power of talking about power: Why power and love are not exclusive During the first few weeks of middle school, I learned to brace for a punch in the arm every morning. “Being bullied”..
Outlook Features Community organizing as community investment One of my spiritual practices is community organizing. I never imagined I would find God in organizing work, or that I would..
Outlook Features Theology, democracy and community organizing In 1972, I was 12 years old on a bus headed to Wooddale Junior High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The year before,..
Outlook Features A prayerful pause: when community organizing is frustrating The screams of hate against refugees, undocumented peoples, and children fuel a fire within me, I embrace the fire and release the..
Outlook Features The Spirit at work Several years ago, at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, I attended a Styberg Library lecture by Stephen Ray Jr. that..
Outlook Features 40 community organizing actions you can practice during Lent Pray for the community each day. Identify community leaders with power and influence. Have a relational meeting with at least three..
Outlook Features Making mission matter: Four steps to strengthen your mission committee Years ago, I visited a church whose pastor proudly explained that their congregation was involved in 17 mission activities and programs. There..
Outlook Features The antidote to shame and pride when participating in God’s mission My six-year-old daughter just spent an hour explaining, in painful detail, the plot and characters of the animated show “Avatar,” originally on..