Commentary: It’s our government. Let’s take it back!
A number of President Trump's nominees to key positions in his Administration seem like odd...
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Heal the ACA’s wounds — Don’t Kill It
'For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the LORD, ‘ Because they...
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Urgent: Stand with Standing Rock!
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced its intention to issue a permit for the construction...
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The Immediate Threats to Scientific Advancement in the United States
On the website of The Washington Post on January 31, Chris Mooney posted an article titled, “A...
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Commentary: The Impact of the Obama Presidency
I love the biblical story of the Exodus for both its literal and psychological representations of...
Read MoreMuch Fear and Trembling
1 Corinthians 2:3 NRSV “And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much...
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Racial Justice Minister joins staff in Cleveland, OH
Justice and Witness Ministry is pleased to welcome and announce to our staff team, The Rev. Dr....
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A Place to Support and a Person to Remember
I was an anxious ten-year-old headed for summer church camp at Franklinton Center at Bricks,...
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Confronting with Courage the One Who Sees Only ‘Carnage’ – Making God’s Work Our Own
This is the moment for which we have been called. How fitting that every four years, the...
Read MoreCon Temor y Temblor
1 Corintios 2:3 RVA-2015: "Y estuve entre ustedes con debilidad, con temor y con mucho...
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Music of Resistance
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a model for how religion and resistance meet. It is not lost on me that for...
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Commentary: Remember the people behind the policies
Esther was on staff of the Southwest Conference of the United Church of Christ when I arrived there...
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Commentary: Faith in the Future
Climate change is real. Human population growth is real. Resource depletion is real. What do we do...
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Commentary: Keep It Moving
By all accounts, tens of thousands of people - possibly hundreds of thousands, - will be in...
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Trump Administration to Scrap NASA’s Role in Climate Research
In 2017, it’s not just space debris that threatens satellites monitoring climate change. It’s...
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Creation Justice and Church 3.0: An Interview with Cyndy Ash
Progressive Christian leaders such as Cameron Trimble and John Dorhauer have been leading a...
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Trump, a Fascist? Let’s Dig Deeper
For some, it has become almost fashionable to call Donald Trump a “fascist.” While I believe...
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Commentary: Following Yonder Star (to DC?)
In this, the season of Epiphany, we honor the journey of the Magi to the Christ child. The Epiphany...
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Commentary: The UCC Helping Lead the Sanctuary Movement in the Trump Era
The United Church of Christ has a new prophetic calling in our new political reality. After a...
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