Powerful Ethic–Kirk Struckmeyer
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David Oyelowo: ‘I’m Seeing More Christ on the Streets Than I’m Seeing in the Church’ | RELEVANT Magazine
David Oyelowo says that America won’t truly heal of racism until the Church repents of its role in supporting it.
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate | Harper’s Magazine
July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment o
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‘Born Again by the Power of Jesus’: Dozens of People Saved, Healed at Intersection Where Floyd Was Killed | CBN News
The world has witnessed violent protests and peaceful demonstrations for nearly two weeks following the death of George Floyd. But God is also moving in a powerful way.
Tear-Gassed Clergy To Blasphemous Trump: Your Hands Are Too Small To Box With God | Common Dreams Further
George Floyd with his church brothers and a Bible he’d actually read: “In his right hand was the word.” Photo by Nijalon Dunn.
A Man’s Voice
oil painting Ted Barr
HE HANDED IT TO ME THEN, I DUNNO, how I did it—knew I shouldn’t, but I just sliced me a slice of fruit with the ol’ barlow knife while I was looking at a coiled up snake, who’d been talking to my woman.
Yes, damnit, I know I should have been suspect of a talking snake. Howsoever, first thing I know, I was making moonshine, skip and go naked foolin’ round til waay after midnight, every-night, everything seemed clear for a while, but trouble was I ended up havin’ to get-a-job, plus plow the farm and then the woman left, and I had to take care of the kids too, and keepin’ the house from fall’n apart.. No more huntn’ and fishin’ just makin’ mortgage payments for a farm I had been given free and clear long ago. Before the bank was even a notion, and…
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Christians Must Not Excuse Themselves From Helping Others | Henry Karlson
The man born blind was not blind as the result of any sin, and yet people tried to find excuses to justify their indifference to him. We must not follow […]
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Everything Is Connected: Reflections on “Home” on the 5th Anniversary of Laudato Si’: Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage: Loyola University Chicago
God Doesn’t Do Politics – The Knowable Mystery
They were called little Christ’s for following the teachings of Jesus. They were following The Way. This would be a good time to acknowledge that they were not political. They followed the teaching of Jesus. Jesus was not about politics. He was about caring for the sick. Caring for the widow, caring for the other. This list goes on and on. His agenda was not political. It was anti-politics, anti othering, and anti-hate.
How a Plague Exposed the “Christian Nation” Myth | Jayson D. Bradley
When an unarmed black man or woman is shot and killed on camera, they instantly make excuses on behalf of authorities. That can look like trotting out an old mugshot to prove that person’s terrible character, or simply pointing out that they got themselves killed by not being obedient enough. But when asked to stay home, patriots have no problem grabbing their guns and defying orders. The mixture of Christianity and Americanism is a troubling tincture, enabling people to cite Romans 13 to get others to obey authority while they stock up weapons to fight off a potentially tyrannical government. Any religion that demands that others take up their cross while we take up our sword is not Christianity.
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St. John One: One 