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The language of liberation: Black Lives Matter symposium

Disaster is understandable for black lives—they are antagonists in a narrative of humanity written to serve white supremacy. To say "black lives matter" is to interrupt this story.
by Reggie Williams
February 29, 2016

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Easter already: Living with the church calendar

In December, my Facebook friends and I voted to move Easter back to April, where it belongs. Yet here we are, already well into Lent.
by Joanna Harader
February 25, 2016

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The real Depression: The greatest generation needed welfare

Efforts to dismantle the U.S. welfare state rely on the myth of the redemptive Depression. It's an erasure and repackaging of a great crisis.
by Alison Collis Greene
February 23, 2016

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Waste not, hunger not: Daily Table sells fresh meals cheap

Forty percent of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in landfills. Meanwhile, people are hungry. Daily Table tries to address both problems.
by Amy Frykholm
February 18, 2016

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Love goes to work: Miracles in the midst of dying

The difference between sickness and health depends on the strength of the love at work. It wasn't until I met Mark that I began to understand this.
by Norman Wirzba
February 17, 2016

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Letting suffering in: How a colleagues death changed my teaching

I knew Jannie Swart's witness would have a lasting impact on our seminary. I didn't anticipate how it would challenge me in the classroom.
by L. Roger Owens
February 12, 2016

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A seminary’s calculated risk: CBTS president Molly T. Marshall

"We had to be willing to do a clear-eyed assessment of our financial situation—and to risk our old identity for the sake of a renewed mission."
an interview by David Heim
February 9, 2016

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Why leaders are a pain: Truth telling in the parish

There's a subtext to lots of sermons I hear, and some I preach: Discomfort is avoidable. Here's my formula. It's the promise of all bogus religion.
by William H. Willimon
February 8, 2016

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Should Episcopalians repent? American liberals in a global communion

The Episcopal Church was and is right to affirm same-sex marriage. Now we should be willing to face the costs.
by Ross Kane
February 1, 2016

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