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Tag: Ferguson

South Carolina, #BlackLivesMatter, and the Bible

South Carolina, #BlackLivesMatter, and the Bible

Posted on April 10, 2015April 9, 2015 by Abigail Clauhs
I was born and raised in South Carolina. I love my home state; there are so many genuine, kind, wonderful people there who I care about deeply. But to be honest, most of the time when I see South Car... Read More
How Can #blacklivesmatter Be More Than A Hashtag?

How Can #blacklivesmatter Be More Than A Hashtag?

Posted on January 12, 2015January 11, 2015 by Chris Turner
The hashtag #alllivesmatter is a painful lie. In all corners of the globe, people suffer from various forms of oppression, violence, slavery, discrimination, occupation, poverty, etc. Yet some would n... Read More
Invoking The Power From Within During the Season of Advent

Invoking The Power From Within During the Season of Advent

Posted on January 5, 2015January 4, 2015 by David Joslin
Patience is not a quality that I demonstrate very well, but I can respect the holy merit of patient waiting. Advent is the season where Christians wait, long, and prepare for the birth of their Messi... Read More
Sanctifying Black Lives

Sanctifying Black Lives

Posted on November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 by Alex Weissman
Our nation is in spiritual crisis. As a nation, we have profaned the holiness of God as it is manifest in black lives. There are not sufficient words to describe the pain and injustice that is present... Read More
Every Land is #Ferguson

Every Land is #Ferguson

Posted on September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 by Hussein
There is a power in raising our hands for Ferguson. We do not raise our hands like the Illuminati or a Rockefella [sicknowledge]; we do not raise our hands to act out an NWA lyric; we do not even rais... Read More
Rage, rage (against the dying of the light)

Rage, rage (against the dying of the light)

Posted on September 12, 2014September 11, 2014 by Elise Alexander
A year or two ago, I studied under a professor who somehow know just which buttons to push to transform my serene, scholarly public self into a senseless wreck.  Admittedly, that public persona was a... Read More
The New Leaders

The New Leaders

Posted on September 10, 2014September 9, 2014 by Laura Brekke
On a Saturday afternoon at the beginning of August, I paced around the narthex of my grey stone home church where friends and colleagues were gathered in their clergy robes and stoles. This was the ch... Read More

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