In a moment when our Asian siblings are being harassed, when people of color are disproportionately being affected by COVID-19, when white
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I did not grow up Presbyterian, and I can’t identify as a ‘cradle’ or ‘prenatal’ Presbyterian, or any of the ways that I have heard born-and-bred Presbyterians describe themselves in order to firmly establish their Presbyterian street cred. No, as my
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Yesterday, the United States Capitol was infested with a predominately white mob of domestic terrorist fueled by hate, fear, and conspiracy. These events occurred, not by coincidence, during the Feast of Epiphany, a moment in Christian history when the light of the star above the Christ child revealed to humanity
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Hey…wow...I can't believe we are here...it feels weird writing this but...I must. It's literally killing me if I don't do this. Long story short, I'm breaking up with you. Yeah, that's right. We are done...and I know it sounds weird for me to say this since we have been in
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In a moment when our Asian siblings are being harassed, when people of color are disproportionately being affected by COVID-19, when white protesters are storming capitol buildings putting economy over lives, when white people instinctively call the police on people of color, and when black men are dying because of
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Like wildfire, the Covid-19 pandemic is racing to every corner of the earth, affecting all of humanity. With the death toll rising exponentially every day, who is not afraid of this angel of death? We are living in fear. Our anxieties are high. Home has become a quarantine space, a
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While death is a part of life and cancer shouldn’t be wished on anyone (no matter what they have done), does it erase the racism of the one who dies or is dying? We ask these questions in the midst of the conversations around confederate monuments. We confront these questions
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This past week, I sat in a training meeting of about 300 people – all of different experiences and expressions. Racial equity training lead by two amazing black women was on the agenda. Hours of data about the black experience in the United States were presented to us, offering surprising
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The Mission Coordination Committee of the General Assembly considers: “Mission programs authorized by General Assembly; PC(USA) vision and mission goals; Organization for Mission and General Assembly Mission Council Manual of Operations; mission budget; audits; churchwide compensation; initiatives on church growth and the 1001 Worshiping Communities program.” (Source: www.pc-biz.org). Topics Addressed:
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There is no such thing as race – true or false? The answer is true. Contemporary scholars agree that “race” is a recent invention. There is only one race, the human race. In fact, there is widespread agreement among scholars that race, as understood in the United States, is a
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In 1968, the Spirit was moving and doing a new thing in the fight for civil rights: a Poor People’s Campaign that sought to link issues of race and class justice and bring about transformative, moral change. 50 years later, a new Poor People’s Campaign has been building up momentum
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Confrontation and Confession in Charlottesville The events in Charlottesville this weekend remind me how dangerous it can be to be proud of your identity. In the midst of that ultimately violent confrontation, I was proud to see Presbyterian clergy among the many people of faith standing up to the massed
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