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  • Searching for the Sacred Fire

    My favorite duty at our annual June church retreat, high in the Colorado mountains, is waking up early to start the fire in the grand meeting space fireplace. Sipping coffee and waiting for the fire...
    July 26, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - July 24

    New York Passes Climate Legislation, Invests in Nation’s Largest Wind Farm Last week, New York passed legislation — the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act — to pursue the nation's most...
    July 24, 2019
  • An Election Budget, Wild Times, and a Call to Prayer

    Political pundits and partisans often use the annual budget announcement as an opportunity to evaluate a government – to sing its virtues or to decry its follies. Many civil society organizations...
    April 1, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - March 27

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Cyclone Idai Kills Hundreds in Southern Africa More than 750...
    March 27, 2019
  • The Hardest Injustice to See

    The first few months of 2019 do not give much hope for reconciliation in Canada. In January, members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in BC were arrested for blocking the construction of a natural gas...
    March 22, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - March 6

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Renewed education funding for Indigenous youth in Canada Last...
    March 6, 2019
  • Peace Be With You!

    We're grateful to welcome Richard Silversmith as a new Do Justice columnist! Perhaps you have heard about the disturbance and engagement between Omaha Native American elder Nathan Phillips and...
    March 1, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - January 30

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Utility Company Filing for Bankruptcy Due to Climate Change...
    February 1, 2019
  • I Delivered my Baby Alone...and You Advocated with Me

    But when the time came for her to leave the community, she didn’t want to leave. Not only did she not want to deliver alone far from her community, but she also had 5 young children that she didn’t want to leave behind. I remember the daily stress of worrying that she would deliver the babies before leaving the community.
    January 28, 2019