By Laura Markle Downton Inside most of the local jails, state and federal prisons, and detention centers that dot the landscape of the United States, on any given day, tens of thousands of incarcerated...
By Gena Thomas Two years ago, my 5-year-old foster daughter, Julia, and her biological mother, Lupe, were reunited in their home country of Honduras after they were separated for eight months. It was two...
Editor's Note: We are reprinting this essay, originally published in 2018, because we feel it is helpful in the current cultural conversation. By Bishop Ernest McNear and Reverend Lin Crowe The statistics hang over the...
Editor's Note: We are reprinting this essay, which first ran in 2019, because we feel it is helpful in the current cultural conversation. By Autumn Dennis The night before the verdict came down in...
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto Just before Memorial Day weekend, President Trump called for the opening of churches and other houses of worship. And much as I long to be able to attend church again, that...
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...
By Micky ScottBey Jones For all my activist, organizer, social justice warrior, touched-by-the-pain-in-the-world type Beloveds out there: The air feels heavy today. So many agonizing headlines and painful hashtags it's hard at times not...
Editor's Note: The film Just Mercy opens in theaters everywhere on January 10th. Featuring the story of lawyer and Eastern University graduate Bryan Stevenson, the film is a moving and powerful commentary about racial injustices...
Editor's Note: The film Just Mercy opens in theaters everywhere on January 10th. Featuring the story of lawyer and Eastern University graduate Bryan Stevenson, the film is a moving and powerful commentary about racial...
Podcast Episode #8: Generational Separation 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 podcast...
