Our gray
hymnal, Singing the Living Tradition,
opens with a ward of protection:
My home’s mezuzah.
May nothing evil cross this door, and may ill fortune never pry about these windows;
and may ill fortune never pry about these windows;
may
the roar and rain go by.
These words of … read more.
I appreciated the engagement that our White & Woke worship series generated. We had people come for
these worship services specifically, comment on our related Facebook posts, and
want even more post-service engagement. All this to say, we commonly recognize
that antiracism work (both the healing and the … read more.
When I was in nineteen, one of my friends – who I partnered
with to help our college student body engage in conversations about racism and
privilege – looked at me and said, “You know you are white right?” I was
startled, but answered “Yes.”
Still this question … read more.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking. (Photo by Julian Wasser/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Rep. Steve
King of Iowa is a man with political power, who gained ascendancy in part
through demeaning immigrants and stirring fear.
Martin
Luther King, jr. was a man of moral and prophetic imagination, … read more.
The day
after Christmas I had one of those moments when my faith was confirmed. My
husband asked if I had seen the Christmas Eve news
article that announced that the government’s detention center for
immigrant children in Tornillo, TX was being closed.
In mid-November,
I had joined an … read more.
