Bitter Weeping: A Revised Lament
Jeremiah 31:15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 15 Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in...
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Commentary: Guarding Interfaith Initiatives From Superficial Expressions of Inclusion
In May this year South Asian Histories for All (SAHFA), an interfaith coalition of 24 organizations...
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Transforming Minds: Report on Environmental Justice Retreat for Youth of Color
Last month, eleven youth and three counselors joined me for the 3rd Annual Environmental Justice...
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Infrastructure Justice: An Overdue Movement Whose Time Has Come
The First in a Series on Infrastructure Justice In the Bible, the physical state of a nation at...
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“Other Flints,” Part 2: Justice Rolls Down
This past March I contributed an article to “The Pollinator” about a small, rural community in...
Read MoreLlanto Amargo: Un Lamento Revisado
Jeremías 31:15 (LBLA) 15 Así dice el Señor: Se oye una voz en Ramá, lamento y llanto...
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An Abolitionist, Teacher, Journalist, and Attorney
As a child, Mary Ann Shadd [Carey] had seen the face of fear and witnessed the struggles of...
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Commentary: Orlando: Anger, Rage and Profound Grief
The United Church of Christ deplores the violence that ended the lives of 50 beautiful people this...
Read MoreIn the wake of this tragedy…we lament
Dear Beloved Community: Sunday morning many of us awakened to the difficulty that comes from the...
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Commentary: Further Into Moral Injury
At General Synod 29, the delegates gathered adopted a resolution titled, To Recognize the Need for...
Read MoreInvitation: Engage your Congregation through the Our Faith Our Vote campaign
Greetings, In this 2016 election cycle, with its heightened polarization, partisanship and...
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Our Faith Our Vote 2016 Grant Application
Interested in taking your OFOV witness to the next level? This year we are making five OFOV...
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Commentary: Summer Time and the Children Are Hungry
It’s that time of year again. The homework assignments are in and the tests are over at last....
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Defending Access to Broadcasting
During the 1960s, the founding director of the UCC’s communication ministry, Everett Parker,...
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Let us do more than pray about Mass Incarceration
Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some...
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Bringing Community Funded Solar to Your Church – Here’s One Way
Written by Gary Smith, Jane Smith and Skip Stoddard Part of an ongoing series on best practices for...
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The UCC’s First Creation Justice Church!
In March, the UCC launched a new program called Creation Justice Churches. While “green church”...
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Racism, Prophetic Mission and a Sustainable Human Race
Civil rights history has left us a strong legacy of political advocacy connected to practical...
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Commentary: In memoriam et pro pacem
Memorial Day is a day to honor those who have lost their lives while serving in the U.S. armed...
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Church in Oregon Divests from Fossil Fuels
Riverside Community Church in Hood River has become the first faith-based congregation in the Gorge...
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