Last year, more than 100 of you responded to our first ever Do Justice readers' survey. You asked for posts or series on... Gentrification The Doctrine of Discovery Mass incarceration and racism...
It’s been quite the year! Thanks for reading and learning along with us, as we wrestled with faith and justice with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other (Karl Barth). Here are the top...
“This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world is...
One of the most important tools that advocates have up their sleeves is storytelling. Stories have the ability to inform, inspire, and incite action. I’m always wrestling with the ethical questions...
The following story is a real account of what happened, although for the safety of those involved we have chosen not to use their names. The story can also be found in Spanish below the English...
Like most Sundays, I’m at the piano leading my congregation in worship. The lights are lowered in the gym-turned-sanctuary where we worship. Like most Sundays, I’m at the piano leading my congregation...
“Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities,” 13 U.S. federal agencies declared in the Fourth National...
Many are wondering what Christians who are far from the U.S. southern border can do to seek justice and support the dignity of those who are migrating. Here are a few ideas: 1) Pray If you’re...
Advent: Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin adventus, going back to Latin, "arrival, appearance" Refugee claimants (people who have fled their countries of origin to make a refugee claim, and...
“Difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas; as in escaping old ones.” – John Maynard Keynes There are many things in life as a person of color and faith that present great challenges. I...
We’ve been hearing a lot of calls for civility recently. Maybe you have too. People are rightly concerned about the toxicity of our current cultural climate(s). (You too, Canada!) There’s so little...
I am the pastor of a church that has a lot of people involved in each Sunday morning service. We have a Bible reader, a liturgist, a music leader, an elder, a deacon, and a congregational prayer pray...
