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A Prayer for Darkness
A Booklet of Uncommon Prayer, from which this prayer is taken, is now available electronically!
The Only Justice for George Floyd Is to Finally Abolish Slavery in the U.S.
By 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...
Challenging Racism: The Brown Church
By 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...
A Prayer for Mental Health and Emotional Wellness
A Booklet of Uncommon Prayer, from which this prayer is taken, is now available electronically!
Resilient or Stubborn?
By 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...
10 Books by Indigenous Authors to Get Us Through 2020
By 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...
Save This Blessing
By 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....
Defying the Pharaohs of Our Time
By 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....
COVID-19: Christians Need to Stop Spewing False Hope and Political Propaganda
By 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...
Ron Sider: Finding Strength in a Time of Pandemic
By 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...
