S6 E4 | The Beauty of Life Together with Willie James Jennings
"The challenge is to trust again the beauty of life together.” Professor and author Willie James Jennings talks with Amy Julia Becker about the beauty, promise, and hope of…
To Be Made Well: Justice
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…
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Ruth and the Quartet of the Vulnerable
I never knew the book of Ruth was a book about social justice. I’ve been reading it recently with a small group Bible study, though, and we realized this past…
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Collaborative Spaces: One Step Between Exclusion and Belonging
We need to begin envisioning and creating collaborative spaces for the work of justice, reconciliation, and healing. I wrote yesterday about how we cannot skip from exclusion to belonging. And…
You Can’t Move from Exclusion to Belonging in One Step
When it comes to the work of undoing systemic injustice in America, many of us want to skip to the end of the story, from exclusion to belonging. We would…
S5 E2 | God Has Something to Say About Privilege with Dominique Gilliard
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…
A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 5 | School and an Article About Robert E. Lee Statue
Honestly, my favorite thing about this week is that our kids all went back to school. I love their schools. They like their schools. I love getting back into a…
The Quartet of the Vulnerable and Justice
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…
Social Justice Work Requires Spiritual Practices
You can’t pursue social justice and healing over a long period of time without a source of spiritual sustenance, found in spiritual practices. I don’t mean that everyone who pursues…
S4 E7 | Are Christians Afraid to Talk About Racism? with Corey Widmer
Marxism is often brought up when talking about progressive views of justice, but what are the secular concepts that shape conservative views of justice? Are they biblical? Corey Widmer, lead…
