When to Say No
by C. J. HardeeI've come to realize that I am not a very patient person. I always thought that I was, but over the past two years, I have come to realize that perhaps I am horrible at being patient. I...
View ArticleReactive Self Care – a tool of the system?
by Sarah KlattNow that I have hooked you with that provocative title…I’ve been thinking a lot about self-care lately, especially in the context of activism and non-profit work. I’ve found there is A...
View ArticleWhite Christians: Who are our friends?
by Amber CullenI have been quiet.So quiet.I haven't sought to speak in the storm, because I am not rain, nor wind, nor shaking earth or crashing waves. I find my giftings in other places, much like the...
View ArticleI Need You
by Tiffany GrahamI need you because, in spite of everything, God isn’t enough.During a semester of student teaching, my whole life changed. And the time I used to have as a student was suddenly gone. I...
View ArticleStop Telling People Not To Feel
by John HamptonStop telling people not to feel.This last fall was the first election I’ve been able to vote in, and it was a doozy. It stirred up feelings for me, but everywhere I looked, people seemed...
View ArticleI Believe in the Resurrection
by Hye SungI never got to know my brother Kento. He was already dying and in a hospital when we first met in person. Just a few days later, he died. He was unable to speak or move, but he was there. I...
View Articleflour, oil, and asking for more
by Courtney BitherWhat if asking more questions could help you find a way to save lives? Would you do it?What if it cost you something?I haven’t been writing much lately.I sometimes open up my blog and...
View ArticleOn Being Weak (and kinda sort of accepting help)
by: Sarah KlattCN: anxiety, panic attacks, despairI feel weak sometimes. It’s painful to write that sentence. I feel weak, exhausted, shaky, unconfident, scared, overwhelmed, panicked, anxious, down,...
View ArticleIgnorant Eyes
by Tiffany GrahamThere is so much I don’t know.I don’t know what justice is. Or how it should look in my culture. Or where to start.I was walking by a building in another country. I heard the screams...
View ArticlePart 1
by Amber CullenGrief—You were the first to arrive at the sceneTo perform emergency care for my bleeding heartWrapping it tightly with gauze to stop the grievingBut the feeling stopped, too.NumbSo...
View ArticleOn Prophetic Action
by Hye SungMartin Luther King, Jr. argued that nonviolence “is an imperative to action.” That’s why King’s Poor People’s Campaign was envisioned as a “new and unsettling force.” It was to be...
View ArticleWhere Jesus Lives
by Elijah WalkerWhen I was four years old, my grandmother taught me to play Baptist hymns on the piano. “Oh, How I Love Jesus!” was the song of my heart. It did not take much to convince me to love...
View ArticleLeaving for Love
by Courtney BitherI’m learning to leave right now.Leaving is hard. At least for me. Leaving a relationship. A church. A home.Sometimes it’s not difficult. Sometimes we grow out of things and people and...
View ArticleEfforts in Befriending my Body (also, that one time I didn’t shower for 4 days)
by Sarah KlattI grew up in purity culture (Here’s an article that looks helpful after a quick look, for anyone looking for a definition/examples of this). From a very early age in Fundamental...
View ArticleHomesick
by John HamptonI’ve gone to one church every Sunday since the day I was adopted. When I was a kid, I was “forced” to be there – it wasn’t really how I wanted to spend my Sunday mornings, but it wasn’t...
View ArticlePeople Are Worth It
by Hye SungAnd he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it,...
View ArticleThe Valley of Dry Bones
by Ricky CintronThe other day during Morning Prayer I found myself reading a passage from Ezekiel, the famous “Valley of Dry Bones” vision:The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by...
View ArticleResisting Shallow Calls to Love in Difficult Times
by Rachel Virginia HesterNever forget that justice is what love looks like in public. – Cornel WestThese are difficult times, and I am afraid. I’m afraid for me and for the people I love. I feel...
View ArticleIn That Moment
by Tiffany GrahamAlthough not everybody agreed with the music, or the theology, or even the lights, we gathered around each other, some pressed tight, fingers gripping shoulders, allowing emotions to...
View ArticleThe Blessed Brain
by Daniel LeeIn his book Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut declared himself a Christ-worshipping agnostic. “I’m enchanted by the Sermon on the Mount,” the Hoosier-born writer wrote. “Being merciful, it seems...
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