When I was about eight, my brother was shot. He was walking
in Boston, and got caught in some crossfire. He was in college then, and when
he came home over the summer some months later, he was walking with a cane still.
He let me run my … read more.
I clearly remember my shock when I went to a Path to Membership class when I was 25, and was told that it was expected for members (me!) to give 3-5% of my income to the congregation. I was raised largely “unchurched”; this ask was … read more.
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, … read more.
