Porch Talks: Sacred Space for Community Thriving
I grew up in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago. During walks in the neighborhood, I...
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A Loss for Words: When Bread becomes a Weapon
A statement delivered at a Gaza Fast Press Conference in Detroit, Michigan, August 26,...
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Banned Books Service Project at General Synod 35
Going Into the Deeper Truths, Expansive Beauty, and Significant Reckonings of Our...
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Liturgical Movements in Prose with Purpose
I am a reader of books and have been since the age of three. One of my childhood favorites was...
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On Executive Orders and Christian Callings
Painted with the Skin of Oppression, Tainted by the Accent of Otherness, Resolved to Practice...
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Where Do We Go from Here?
Crossroads Questions for Movement Making In what would end up being his last book, Martin...
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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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