Reflections & Research:
Wellbeing
June 2, 2020
To my white sisters in Christ
iStock / PeopleImages A black mother of sons challenges white women to move beyond silence or tepid, timid outrage to work for a world in which all of God’s children can live more fully and fairly. George Floyd died, a police officer’s knee on his neck, crying for his mother. God’s greatest gift to me […]
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It’s not just the coronavirus — bad theology is killing us
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV preaching. Photo courtesy of Paul Holston, Tru1 Photography COVID-19 — and its impact on black and brown communities — is the American empire in viral form, writes the pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. There comes a time when being nice is the worst kind […]
read moreabout It’s not just the coronavirus — bad theology is killing usMay 12, 2020
Ministers cannot thrive if they neglect themselves
Brunel Johnson / Unsplash Clergy must honor all aspects of their lives to be healthy in ministry, writes a clinical psychologist who focuses on faith and mental health. My vocation is not at all what I would have answered had people asked the 12-year-old me what I wanted to be when I grew up. Rather, […]
read moreabout Ministers cannot thrive if they neglect themselvesMay 5, 2020
The gifts of the small church in a pandemic
The author’s daughter gathers Easter eggs on Palm Sunday 2020. The community Easter egg hunt was canceled because of the pandemic, so instead volunteers scattered eggs in the families’ yards, surprising each child with a personalized goody bag. Photo courtesy of Allen T. Stanton In times of sickness and anxiety, the deep relationships in a […]
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