How a Dance Performance Gave Me a Glimpse of a World Made Right
She wanted it to be a surprise. So when we showed up to watch Penny on stage for her annual Spring Dance Fest, we were expecting the usual. Penny would…
She wanted it to be a surprise. So when we showed up to watch Penny on stage for her annual Spring Dance Fest, we were expecting the usual. Penny would…
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a perfect man. He didn’t have unflagging faith. His faith began as a more abstract intellectual pursuit and became more and more personal…
Can goodness, beauty, and kindness make any difference at all in a wounded world? Rich Villodas, pastor and author of Good and Beautiful and Kind, talks with Amy Julia Becker about…
How can we respond with compassion, justice, and love in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Is this ruling cause for celebration or for…
I used to think that justice was about law courts and whether or not people should be fined or go to jail or not. My understanding of justice was narrow…
For any white people who don't understand why Black people are upset about the Rittenhouse verdict, this lack of understanding points to what many Black people are saying: we are…
What is privilege? How can we leverage it to proclaim God’s love to the world and create communities that flourish? Dominique DuBois Gilliard, the author of Subversive Witness, talks with…
Derek Chauvin will come before a judge for sentencing later this week. He, and we, will learn how much time he will spend behind bars as punishment for his crime…
Parents are worried about their kids learning Critical Race Theory in the classroom. Some are concerned about indoctrination. Some are worried about kids only learning the negative aspects of American…
For many years, I learned more about how and why we should honor God's earth from people outside the church than those within it. I learned from glimpses at Ojibwe…