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Women Behind the Wall: Finding Light in Darkness
Episode 4: Finding Light in Darkness The Women Behind the Wall podcast highlights female voices from the Holy Land, and is hosted and produced solely by women who live and work in Jerusalem. The...
I Prefer Belonging
In the debate about queer sexuality in the church, queer people often feel as if our existence is denied when others talk as if there are no real gay Christians, or when homosexuality is...
A Reflection on Incarceration: I Am Not Forgotten
By Harold Dean Trulear You tell believers to remember us in prison, but it is not clear to me that your church really does…we are useful objects of outreach and service, a duty to...
Talking With White Folks About Race: Challenging Historical Myths and Distortions
By Drick Boyd Every October, the United States observes Columbus Day. Some schools and businesses close, as well as federal agencies like the Postal Service. While many Italian-American communities use the day to celebrate...
Ida B. Wells and 21st-Century White Supremacy
By Catherine Meeks and Nibs Stroupe Why Ida B. Wells? Because she did the work no one else would do. She kept showing up where she wasn't wanted. She worked with people who would...
Left Behind: How End Times Heresies Undermine Evangelical Action on Climate
By Don Golden Climate Week kicked off in New York City September 23-29 as a matter of global urgency. Organized in collaboration with the United Nations, the week is meant to showcase climate initiatives...
When Faith, Justice, and Race Collide
Why the Amber Guyger sentencing caused an uproar among people of faith By Rev. Lori G. Baynard The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw. How long, Oh Lord will I call for help, and...
A Christian Response to Intersex
What does it mean to be born with an intersex condition? What does it mean to have a transgender experience? How does being an intersex person or a person with a transgender experience impact...
Women Behind the Wall: Cultural Expectations of a Young Woman Under the Occupation
Episode 3: Cultural Expectations of a Young Woman Under the Occupation The Women Behind the Wall podcast highlights female voices from the Holy Land, and is hosted and produced solely by women who live...
Labor Pains and Maternal Grief
By Sarah Withrow King Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers...
