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Christianity has a bad habit of diminishing the body in favor of elevating the mind.
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The Silent Stigma of Mental Illness in the Church
Churches don’t often name the reality of its members living with experiences of mental illness.
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"Fashion can be a direct response to the ways that our bodies are hurt and oppressed. When we pursue justice to protect our bodies, we reaffirm the glory of the image of God."
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Sexist Pockets and Sackcloth: How Do We Clothe Ourselves in Glory?
Our clothes are deeply intertwined with issues of gender, capitalism, climate change, labor rights, and faith.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 9h
A particularly powerful chant, which stood out to Aronson, directed at ICE agents, goes, “Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul, and quit your job.”
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Chicago Faith Communities Say ‘Joy’ Is Key to Resisting the Feds
“Ultimately, this administration can’t take away our joy,” Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez said. “The more that we can deepen in joyful, nonviolent resistance, the more clarity it offers for us to keep…
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"I’ve found that whenever politics get messy, the best theological question is often the simplest one: How do these decisions impact people who don’t have much power or money?"
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A Simple Guide To Doing Theology During a Shutdown
Ignore the punditry. Washington gridlock is largely about these two biblical themes.
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"R.O. Kwon, the bestselling novelist of 'The Incendiaries and Exhibit,' does not believe in God. Even so, Kwon’s writing about God and faith feels more familiar to me than that of many who do believe."
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R.O. Kwon Won't Ever Stop Writing About Losing Faith
She stopped believing in God a long time ago. So why is God still such a huge part of her novels?
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"When I encounter Catholic teaching or speakers who promote falsehoods by implying that transgender people are, at best, confused and, at worst, predatory, I take exception."
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Catholic Tradition Has Always Included Trans People Like Me
In my experience, those opposed to inclusion make two major errors.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 14h
"You tempest-tossed and /
Yearning to breathe /
Free

The land who is our mother /
Opens her mouth to receive /
Abel's blood, it cries out"
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Poem: Love letter to Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and Hong Kong
The water that gives life mixes / With the blood and the tears / From the gas, the bullets
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SOJOURNERS News / Living Faith / Immigration CHICAGO FAITH COMMUNITIES SAY 'JOY' IS KEY TO RESISTING THE FEDS ICE RAIDS TEAR AT THE BODY OF CHRIST
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Black in Blues,' with a range of tones and hues, traces a people’s past, present, and, implicitly, future, reminding us that color cannot be so easily muted.
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The Color Blue Is a Portal to Blackness
From indigo to periwinkle, Imani Perry’s ‘Black in Blues’ shows the cultural diversity of Africa and Afro-diasporic peoples.
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Addressing his past self at the beginning of deconstruction, Lecrae puts forth this challenge: "Have you really dug into the Christian faith outside of a Western, American context?"
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How ‘Reconstruction’ Changed Lecrae’s View of American Christianity
From the existence of demons to support for Israel, the Christian hip-hop luminary says he rebuilt his faith beyond Western Christendom.
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“Our Holy Father … is very personally concerned about these matters,” El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who took part in the meeting, told Reuters. “He expressed his desire that the U.S. Bishops' Conference would speak strongly on this issue.”
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Pope Leo Tells U.S. Bishops to Address Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Leo has been ramping up his criticism of Trump's deportation policies in recent weeks.
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Here are the most common stereotypes that Christians have about Christianity that are wrong.
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Seven Lies About Christianity -- Which Christians Believe
Christianity is great, but not everything we say or believe about it is necessarily true
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The prison system demands I choose just one, but my soul refuses to be so neatly categorized, writes Kwaneta Harris.
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The Prison System Chose My Religion for Me
Behind bars, my spiritual journey was confined by bureaucracy.
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"In the end, what we inherit — whether it be imperfect, sacred stories, or complicated faith, or a piece of family land — might matter less than what we do with that inheritance."
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‘With This Inheritance, I Was Getting Too Much’
When a retired pastor gives away her inherited farmland, is it gift or reparations?
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We need the practitioners of Christianity to pray and work for mass conversions from the “religion of whiteness” to an authentic Christianity rooted in the radical teachings of Jesus, writes Michael O. Emerson.
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What Happens When White Identity Comes Before Christian Faith?
In the U.S. today, two-thirds of white Christians practice a “religion of whiteness,” a new study finds.
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Does Lecrae think Christians should support sending arms to Israel? “No. I don’t. The reason I don’t is because I think we’ve entangled the nation-state of Israel as biblical Israel, which it’s not.”
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How ‘Reconstruction’ Changed Lecrae’s View of American Christianity
From the existence of demons to support for Israel, the Christian hip-hop luminary says he rebuilt his faith beyond Western Christendom.
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Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.
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Pope Leo Tells U.S. Bishops to Address Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Leo has been ramping up his criticism of Trump's deportation policies in recent weeks.
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Michael Jimenez reflects the invisibility of Latin American literature in the context of U.S. audiences and considers how we can intentionally increase the pool of writers to draw from. (2018)
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My Journey into the Vastness of Latin American Literature
I have a number of busts of famous authors on my bookshelf. I’m especially proud of my Dostoevsky and Dante. But what are the odds I could locate one of Oreamuno?
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I have often been asked if my Christianity affects my stories, and surely it is the other way around; my stories affect my Christianity, restore me, shake me by the scruff of the neck, and pull this straying sinner into an awed faith. -Madeleine L’Engle
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"When we open to the aliveness beyond ourselves, we are transformed."
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Learning To See Through Margaret Renkl and Mary Oliver’s Eyes
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
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"For me, growing up, I saw Black history figures as my superheroes, as the people that I looked up to, because there weren’t a lot of books about Black people in my library."
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Taylor Cassidy Shows the Fun Side of Black History
I’m not on social media, but even I couldn’t stop watching Cassidy’s Fast Black History TikToks.
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"So, how do we live within this dark time? 'One Battle After Another' paints a compelling picture: Yes, we occasionally play offense, but far more often and much less glamorously, we play defense."
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‘One Battle After Another’ Shows Christians How to ‘Work for the Peace of the City’
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, the best way to fight an endless series of battles is to play smart defense. Churches should take note.
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