Be the Church – Even Now, God Is Still Speaking!
A Post-Election Anti-Imperialist Lament We are living in a moment of renewed and insidious...
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Following Jesus – the Revolutionary Storyteller – beyond Book Bans
A Reflection for Banned Books Week, September 22-28, 2024 Now there are also many other...
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A Pastoral Letter of Support for Our Haitian Siblings in Springfield
Rejecting False Narratives, Standing with God's Beloved Dear Friends in Christ, I write...
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What a Time to Be Alive
Keeping It Real about Racial Justice this Election Year download racial justice voting...
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In A Beginning … A Just Creator
In [a] beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and...
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UCC commemorates Juneteenth, exploring ‘healing as freedom, freedom as healing’
The comforting words to the African American spiritual “There is a Balm in Gilead” remind...
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Healing as Freedom, Freedom as Healing: Lineages of Emancipation toward Wholeness
Celebrate Juneteenth with Join the Movement and Racial Justice Ministries Juneteenth is a...
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All Church Read 2024: Sacred Self Care and Black Liturgies
A sacred journey for staying human - healing ourselves, healing the...
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I Must Go: MLK’s Radical Commitment to Collective Liberation
Like many of us, I make a pilgrimage through the written works, sermons, and speeches of Rev....
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The Sacredness of Rest
Rest is not optional. Resting one’s whole self is necessary. Closing your eyes and being...
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We Need Each Other
I’ve spent my life learning from people who challenged me to listen intently and perfect my...
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Protect and Advocate for God’s Beloved Children Now!
My life has been shaped by movements for black lives since childhood. Movement language was...
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Racial justice minister: German BIPOC community ‘blessed me deeply’
The Rev. Velda Love, the United Church of Christ’s minister of racial justice, recently...
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Honoring Sacred Souls: The Shooting in Buffalo and the Image and Likeness of God
Aaron Salter, 55, was a retired Buffalo police officer and the security guard at Tops...
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UCC racial justice minister speaks out after Rittenhouse verdict
The Rev. Velda Love, UCC minister of racial justice, issued this statement after the verdict...
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Join the Movement toward Racial Justice
Velda Love Our nation is deeply immersed in a resurgence of racist tactics and behaviors that...
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When Did We See You?
Minister of Racial Justice Some of the church folks in the crowd were confused, looked around...
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