Advocates from across the US and around the world will address a new theme each week and explore what they envision for the future of the church’s social witness.
We began this issue by asking the question: what does the future of social witness hold? As the Church changes shape in
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Over the course of my life, I have observed and participated in the ongoing fight for inclusion of people who are Lesbian,
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The author of this article has asked to remain anonymous so that the prejudice of others does not blind them to seeing
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It took me a very long time to allow myself the mental space to think that I might be transgender. I tried
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The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands – Young Adult Action Movement’s Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Project Aware
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NERMC UCYAAM – A Voice in the Wilderness! The spirit of the Lord is upon me…to proclaim the [Good News] to those
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Jones Town Baptist Church Lives the Isaiah 58 Ideal Wishing to cater to the whole family and the wider community, Rev. Doreen
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[ezcol_1half] AUTHOR BIO: Buju Banton (Mark Anthony Myrie) is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae musician. He is known for recording songs
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Have you ever had a moment where you wondered ‘What am I here for?’ or tried to figure out how your congregation
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The Book of Acts paints a beautiful picture of the intensely radical vision and practice of the early church: a place where
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The Table is a community kitchen with a heart to serve the South Side community of Pittsburgh, PA. No ID or check-in
MoreEncountering the Tzeltal Christ I grew up as a son, grandson, and great grandson of missionaries. My grand parents and great grandparents
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I sat on the front porch of an hermano – a “brother” – from the small, Pentecostal-feeling Presbyterian church in a small
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[ezcol_1half] A Sermon Podcast Preached Sunday, August 4, 2013 at Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in Pittsburgh, PA Texts: Philippians 2:5-11 I
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She, like many others, had asked me about her case. Her rights as a parent were in danger of being terminated, and
MoreI hesitated when asked to participate with Unbound on this series, especially when our conversations and discernment led to sharing about “solidarity”
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One Sunday, after parking our car in the vacant lot across from the church where we worship, our family made our way
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A poem by Martín Espada This is the year that squatters evict landlords, gazing like admirals from the rail of the roofdeck
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Coming into my Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) year, I was no stranger to being the chocolate chip in the vanilla ice cream.
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“Make yourself at home.” This is a phrase we hear and utter often. What does the phrase mean? When a host says,
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More than five years ago, I helped conduct an exercise with a large, diverse group of public transportation drivers. Each participant was given
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In 2010, the Reformed Church in America General Synod adopted the Belhar Confession as one of its doctrinal standards. This was a monumental
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“But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”– Amos 5:24 The true test of Christian faith is
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I am a Mid-Westerner at heart, but I have lived in New York for the past 3-1/2 years. In my first few
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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their
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Even before I began to follow Jesus, I viewed radical material simplicity as a mark of holiness. For many years, when I
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“For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.” -Luke 12:34 “Unfortunately, that is the cost of doing business in
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“For 50 or 60 years, we have let ourselves believe that as long as we have money we will have food. This
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Playing Church Sometimes it feels like we’re just playing church the same way you play house as a kid. You put on
More“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your might and love your neighbor as yourself.”
MoreAt the end of seminary while I was in the middle of discerning a call, I was invited by the Reformed Church
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Bacteria soup is our home. The world around us and the world inside us are a made up of a complex web
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Lee este articulo en espanol aqui. I am in a farming community on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The table is set
MoreClick here to read this article in English. Estoy en una comunidad campesina en las orillas del Lago Titicaca. La mesa está
MoreIn keeping with this week’s theme of eco-justice, the editors of Unbound would like to offer this tongue-in-cheek musical reflection by The
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It is easier to join the environmental cause after being inspired by the beauty of the earth than through the ecological crisis
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In August 2011, the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico (NPCM) voted not only to sustain its policy of forbidding the ordination of
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These days, when the business segment appears on a nightly news program or the radio, we often hear “good news.” The unemployment
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I joined the Presbyterian Church (USA) in my early twenties because I saw a denomination that was committed to God’s call to
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Even as a life-long Presbyterian, I knew very little about the Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns until I joined the committee in
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by Rachel Murr The benefits of involvement in faith communities have been well documented. Around the world, those involved in faith communities
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My journey to becoming a Catholic priest was a winding one. I grew up in a conservative, fundamentalist church and found much
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I had just woken up. It was July; the summer heat was already beginning to invade the house even though the sun
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A Series on the Future of Social Witness Opening Editorial by Chris Iosso Is justice an essential “mark of the church?” Is
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