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Reflections from Asian and Asian-American Seminarians
A few months ago I had the privilege and opportunity of meeting with several Asian and Asian-American seminary students in the San Francisco Bay Area. I wanted to create a space where they could ref…
Exercising First Amendment Rights
"People have the right to protest — that’s what democracy is all about."
— Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Protests have always been part of movements for justice in…
Recognizing a Deeper Unity
When I think about what practicing democracy in the United States means to me, I remember the framed replicas of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg address I …
Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison
February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019
Toni Morrison died on Monday, August 5, 2019. Our cohort gathered on Wednesday, August 7, for a three-day intensive. With such a seismic loss, we shifted our…
Could You Be Friends with a White Supremacist?
Will D. Campbell, a progressive Baptist preacher, marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., in Birmingham and Selma, and served as a race relations troubleshooter for the National Council of Churches. Y…
Caught in the Middle
By Maya Mesh for KidSpirit's Heritage issue.
Some people say that being Hispanic can mean a lot of things. It can mean that you are an honor student, a writer, a CEO, even a Supreme Court justice…
A Prayer for Peace and Justice
Hope for the World, we pray that you might break the chains of hatred, prejudice, and fear that keep people enslaved to the violence that almost destroyed the United States during the Civil War and …
A Prayer for Courage after the Charleston Shooting
On Wednesday night, June 17, a young man walked into the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where people had gathered for Bible study and prayer. After sitting with them for …
"When Will Our Needs and Hopes Matter?"
"Democracy is more than a system of government; it is a way of life. We can assess the vitality of a democracy by how well it is serving the people's needs and hopes."
These opening lines from th…
Unleashing America's Shadow
"With media complicity, Trump has unleashed the beast that has long resided not far from the American hearth, from those who started a Civil War to preserve the right to enslave a fellow human to th…