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Faith and Politics – Frances Perkins and a living grace
We often fear the impact of faith on politics, or of politics on faith. The real problem is that we think faith isn’t political. May 13 | Luke 9:10-17 One of the easiest ways to settle most disputes is to say we shouldn’t talk about politics. It short circuits most conversations. Even the word sullies…
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Harriet Starr Cannon
At the heart of discipleship is service. Whether we like it or not. And usually, we don’t. Because serving others also requires welcoming them.
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Blessed are the poor in spirit
The Beatitudes remind us that what we get wrong about peace, equality, and generosity is that it ever comes at anyone else’s expense.
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You can’t reopen what never closed
The church isn’t a building. So focusing on returning to our buildings is fundamentally out of step with the church’s vocation.
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Re-Membering Genocide
We often treat the remembering of history as inoculation or as a subjective experience. But it is the very stuff of reconciliation.
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War or Peace?
These two are a wonderful contradiction, pushing our expectations for how we respond to matters of war and violence and matters of active peacemaking.
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Chosen Family
The story of Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) forces American Christians to face our devotion to nation and to our human family.
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The Confrontational Jesus
When Jesus confronts the Temple authorities, many in the west struggle to understand that the image isn’t hypocritical: it’s about justice.