Politics & Society
Iranian asylum seekers are finding hospitality in the Church of England
Saman’s parents disowned him. The church became a new sort of family.
Walking with Moses from slavery to liberation
When Moses says “keep still,” he’s not recommending inactivity.
Multigenerational rage, holy listening, and the unveiling of another way
A conversation between Parker Palmer, Stephen Lewis, Matthew Wesley Williams, and Dori Baker about the book Another Way
Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible is a believable climate fable
The dystopian novel feels about 15 minutes away from becoming reality.
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
Three children’s books to help start the conversation
I don’t forgive the man who murdered my cousin DePayne at Mother Emanuel
To insist on a narrative of forgiveness is dehumanizing and violent. It goes against the very nature of lament.
Why are so many white Christians suddenly standing up for racial justice?
It might help that our pews aren’t available to sit in and pray.
The coronavirus lockdown was doomed before the mass protests began
Its demise came from the same system that killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
James Baldwin reminds us not to be surprised by this
Facing the “intolerable trouble” of antiblack violence
The coronavirus is helping us rehearse for our own deaths
“A lot of people want to talk about the big questions; they just don’t know how to get started.”
A non-Christian’s argument for Christianity’s positive influence
Tom Holland doesn’t shout that secularists have no clothes. He whispers that they bear a Christian label.
The urgent need for deep changes in American policing
Are the police meant to protect people? Or to fight them?
What I’d like to say to President Trump about the Bible
I’d tell him a secret I learned from Eugene Peterson.
Muslim voters are getting organized for the 2020 election
And they could determine the outcome.
Being church while the neighborhood burns
“There’s a fire that cannot be extinguished except by justice.”
Political attacks on the US Postal Service threaten more than just the mail
Democracy, equality, and opportunity are at risk.
How deaths of despair reached white communities
Two economists tell the story and suggest reforms.