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The Naming Project is a Christian camp that celebrates LGBTQ teens as they are
“We ask questions like, who am I? Who did God make me to be?”
August 29, Ordinary 22B (James 1:17–27)
Hearing the word and doing it aren’t as far apart as Martin Luther thought.
King David and Kendrick Lamar (2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33)
Hip-hop’s origins go back farther than the 1970s.
I can’t take my eyes off Jean Smart
In Hacks and Mare of Easttown, it’s thrilling to watch an aging woman on screen.
Daily bread amid luxury (John 6:24-35)
Living outside poverty is a wonderful thing, but it leaves one open to the temptation of a divided heart.
The power of a swim-in
In 1964, Mimi Ford jumped into a pool—and changed the course of history.
It takes faith to resist the attention economy
We need to relearn a capacity to dwell in God’s presence.
Georgetown was built on the backs of enslaved people
Reparations for their descendants are a necessary, imperfect beginning.
The dangers of providing pastoral care
Woundedness is the predictable price we pay for being sent on outrageous assignments by Jesus.
August 22, Ordinary 21B (Psalm 84)
In Psalm 84, an expectant swallow makes her nest in the temple.
Voter suppression is lethal to democracy
We can’t let the filibuster keep us from doing something about it.
