FAITH. DIALOGUE. MOTION.
...using dialogue as a catalyst for social change.
Category / PUBLIC LIFE
By R. Drew Smith, Ph.D., There is a scripture verse that has become a tag line for the thriving praise and prosperity emphasis within American Christianity: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”...
By Rev. Andre Johnson, Ph.D., I recently attended our Convocation service at Memphis Theological Seminary where we celebrated our 50th year anniversary in Memphis, Tennessee as a seminary. Our president, Rev. Dr. Jay Earheart-Browndelivered an inspiring sermon titled, “Ministry in the Real World.” He reminded us about the decision of the seminary to move from McKenzie, Tennessee to...
The crazy faith of ordinary people bring about change! In the face of state-sanctioned murders and torture, where Black people are treated as disposable, we as people of faith are being called to make a pathway for justice!
Cheap peace rejects the problem of structural violence that gives rise to social anger and resistance. Cheap peace refuses to hear the cries of the unheard. Most importantly, cheap peace is dishonest about power within social structures.
Make the commitment: We won't stop marching when the cameras leave and the world moves on. We won't stop marching until justice comes down like water, righteousness like a mighty stream and all God's children can live free.
Black folks are not candidates for redemption when our inalienable rights, endowed to us by our just and loving Creator, cannot be asserted without rigorous rejoinder.
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou is a Freeman Fellow with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. A St Louis, MO, native, the Rev attended high school there and has strong family ties to the area.
Pastor Michael McBride joins to discuss why he came to Ferguson to protest and the influence of church clergy in the Ferguson protests.
By Rev. Otis Moss, III As America began to gear up for its incredibly wasteful (more than $40 trillion since 1972) and utterly futile “War on Drugs,” there were three critical federal actions that contributed to our current vastly over-militarized police forces. In 1981, the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act was passed. This law authorized military...
