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Behold Our King
By Christie Purifoy What was true of King David and true of King Solomon has, in fact, been true of every person to whom we have bowed or pledged our allegiance. His feet are...
Celebrating Real Love on Valentine’s Day
By Kristyn Komarnicki How about we celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, not with red hearts and rhyming sentiments and roses but with spiritual hearts committed to discovering what real love looks like, love that is...
Morning Prayer
Thanks to Thee, O God, that I have risen today, To the rising of this life itself; May it be to Thine own glory, O God of every gift, And to the glory of...
Standing With Asylum Seekers
What Every American Needs to Know and Can Do to Respond to the U.S. Border Situation By Andre Henry Thousands of people seeking asylum are continuing to camp just below the southern U.S. border,...
How Silent Prayer Can Help Us Speak and Act
By Ed Cyzewski For the past three years, I have written for anxious, result-driven evangelicals, encouraging them to adopt the practice of contemplative prayer, which dates back to the desert mothers and fathers: an early...
Dear White People: Being an Ally Is More Than a Performance
Editor’s note: On Fridays in February, we’ll be featuring articles selected by our guest curator, Andre Henry. Andre writes: Black History Month is a good time for us to take stock of the racial history of the...
A Safe Space and a Sense of Community
The House DC offers hot meals and hope for at-risk teens in one of the District of Columbia’s most challenging neighborhoods. The House DC after-school program has few rules and regulations. There’s little in...
They Will Not Be Forgotten: The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice
By Kimberlee A. Johnson They were lynched. Mutilated. Dragged, dismembered, drowned. Strangled, stabbed, shot. They were beaten, burned, hanged. And they will not be forgotten. Thanks to the vision, research, and hard work of...
First Comes Love, Then Comes Justice: A Review of The Color of Life
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun I remember the day that I saw a blog post written by my friend Cara Meredith, repenting of her use of the moniker “Hot Black Husband” (HBH) to refer to her...
10 Reasons Reading the Bible Makes Me More Progressive
By Benjamin L. Corey I once read a study showing that the more people read their Bible, the more liberal they become—something I have found to be completely true. I’ll use the term “progressive” here...