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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In the wake of mass shooting tragedies that have become all too frequent in our country, a familiar echo emerges — thoughts and prayers. We see them directed toward the grieving families of victims, and the survivors who will live with the impact of gun violence for the rest of
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I remember vividly the first time my school went on lockdown. I was nine years old and in my fourth-grade science class. My class was playing a bingo review game when my teacher got a phone call and quickly started taping paper over our classroom windows. I knew something was
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“Advent is a season of waiting.” This is what we say every year, acknowledging the significance of this time before Christmas. As we wait for the birth of our savior, we consider the world we live in. We study Scripture. We prepare our surroundings and ourselves for what is to
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As students begin to return to the classroom, we are reminded of the ever growing needs of our public education system. Communities of faith do have a responsibility to be advocates for our students and the people who work in our schools. Our responsibility is grounded in our moral foundation
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I say this because on September 12, 2000, I delivered my stillborn daughter, Anna Michelle, who died at 22 weeks gestation, and this is exactly how I feel in response to the possibility of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, which would ban women from making decisions about their
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This week, a draft from the Supreme Court of the United States overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked to the public. Taking an originalist view of the Constitution, Justice Alito states in this draft that “the Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by
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