Holding This Nation Accountable to Itself: A Moral Declaration for America
“We cannot afford to interpret this moment as a difference of opinion. We are in a battle for civilization itself.” ~ Rev. William Barber II As I strolled the streets of Pittsboro on a sweltering ‘SummerFest’ Sunday in my reenactor’s garb, inviting folks to visit the...
Plastic Free July: Choose to Refuse
Today is the first day of summer, which means that July is just around the corner. As I consider a challenge that July will present to folks with a penchant for creation justice matters, I am also recalling that it was in May of 2019 that this Creation Justice Blog...
That’s the Spirit!
“Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness calling and free; Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea.” ~ James K. Manley This past Sunday followers of Jesus from all around the world observed Pentecost, a holy day...
“And a Little Child Will Lead Them”
“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6) At a time when God’s chosen people had been conquered and their community broken, the prophet...
Healing Spiritual Blindness & Restoring Abundant Life
“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see.” The prescribed Gospel reading for April 30, 2023 is the familiar ‘Good Shepherd’ text from John 10:1-10. But to grasp its full meaning, one...
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