Each year on the Fourth of July, Americans gather to commemorate the birth of a nation founded on ideals of liberty, equality, and democracy. Fireworks illuminate the sky, parades fill our streets, and grills sizzle in backyards from coast to coast. But as people of faith, particularly within the Reformed
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The U.S. political climate leans heavily into the “great man” idea of leadership these days. This theory was popularized in the first half of the twentieth century and asserts that leaders are born with traits of leadership that only “great” people possess. However, this model of leadership has roots that
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All Presbyterians know that the best way to connect with your community is through a shared meal. At Rhodes College, a Presbyterian-affiliated college in Memphis, TN, the Office of the Chaplain is providing community members with the chance to share interfaith dialogue about democracy over lunch. “Food, Faith, and Free
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A theological claim that “life begins at conception,” or at “fertilization,” is the premise underlying the moral assertion that “abortion is murder,” which justifies laws that ban the ability to terminate a pregnancy. Without such a premise, it would be (more) starkly, nakedly tyrannical and barbaric for the state to
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The decades of occupation of Palestinian land by the Israeli government and the current genocide of Palestinians is something no one can ignore, especially people of faith. Our faith moves us to call out the injustices of our world, the killing of thousands of people, and governments that take advantage
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With the Republican National Convention underway in Milwaukee and the Democratic National Convention taking place in Chicago soon after, Americans can no longer ignore that the General Election is fast approaching- perhaps more quickly than we are prepared for. As a growing number of Democrats call on their presumptive nominee
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The world watches as Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli military has largely ignored Joe Biden’s red line in Rafah. For months, Biden has stated his opposition to a major Israeli offensive into Rafah, a city of 250,000 where more than a million displaced Gazans, nearly half of them children, have temporarily settled,
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In June, we moved to San Diego, and I stepped away from being a pastor. I’ve still built connections with clergy, and a recent meeting with one pastor stuck out. We talked about following up, and he said, “Reach back out in January.” It was December 1. Caught off guard
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In a multitude of faith traditions, the body is seen as bearing the mark and the image of the Divine. And as more and more legislation is aimed at the control over our bodies and our autonomy, it is crucial that faith communities speak up and act out in solidarity
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For 31 consecutive weeks, Israelis have taken to the streets, mostly in Tel Aviv, to protest the decision by the current right-wing government of Israel to initiate an overhaul of its judicial system. Israel’s “Unreasonableness Law” is a measure that removes the courts’ power to overturn decisions made by Israel’s
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