Latest from ESAThe Only Justice for George Floyd Is To Finally Abolish Slavery in the U.S.June 2, 2020By Andre Henry "I can't breathe," he pleaded. For several minutes, George Floyd lay handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck. "Please," he begged. The officer wouldn't relent. By the time an ambulance arrived at the scene, Floyd was unresponsive. As…...Read more...Challenging Racism: The Brown ChurchMay 28, 2020By Robert Chao Romero I'm Spanish. My family is from Spain. We're from Peru, but my husband is Italian. I'm a norteño; I'm not an Indian from southern Mexico. She has "bad hair." Marry someone lighter than you, pa' que mejorar la raza. Look at those "Chichimecas," those little Indians.…...Read more...A Prayer for Mental Health and Emotional WellnessMay 14, 2020 A Booklet of Uncommon Prayer, from which this prayer is taken, is now available electronically!Read more...Resilient or Stubborn?May 7, 2020By Craig Wong In a recent conversation among leaders of the church, a pastor offered an observation that has stayed with me. The topic of our conversation was about preaching resurrection hope amid a pandemic. This brother shared, in so many words, "I'm not seeing the COVID-19 crisis changing folks…...Read more...10 Books by Indigenous Authors to Get Us Through 2020April 22, 2020By Kaitlin Curtice Indigenous bodies are bodies that remember. —Native: Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering God We are a few months into 2020, and each month has felt like years. The news cycles continue to bring stories of pain, loss, trauma, and inequity, and in the midst of it, we are…...Read more...Save This BlessingApril 15, 2020By Rev. Margaret Ernst Dedicated to Jan Richardson, in gratitude for her book The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief save this blessing for when you most need it. for loneliness. for fear. save this blessing for exhaustion. for anxiety. for crisis. save this blessing…...Read more...Defying the Pharaohs of Our TimeApril 8, 2020By Kelley Nikondeha Pharaoh's daughter was not the only one to see small bodies washed ashore. We have seen them too. Born into privilege, Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah* was nursed on narratives of Egyptian greatness. She grew up among the elite, watching them parade through the palace with curried favor and…...Read more...COVID-19: Christians Need to Stop Spewing False Hope and Political PropagandaMarch 30, 2020By Stephen Mattson Our faith shouldn't be co-opted by partisan politics. Our hope shouldn't replace wisdom and prudence. The United States of America is a country created through genocide and built by slaves. Sacrificing American lives for financial gain has been military policy for the last seven decades. Our prisons…...Read more...Ron Sider: Finding Strength in a Time of PandemicMarch 24, 2020By Ron Sider The coronavirus makes this a scary, dangerous time. None of us knows what our situation will be in two or six weeks. That is frightening. Of course we know we need to avoid the panicmongers and listen to our best health professionals. If we obey the advice…...Read more...
