Reflections & Research
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June 23, 2020
Gail Song Bantum: Leaders make space for others
The pastor of Quest Church reflects on her journey into ministry and how pastors must make space for others to flourish.
read moreabout Gail Song Bantum: Leaders make space for othersJune 9, 2020
Churches need to do the work of welcoming others and their stories
Stories are sacred — especially the stories that are undertold and suppressed, says the author in an excerpt from a new book that tells her own story of rediscovering God as a Potawatomi woman.
read moreabout Churches need to do the work of welcoming others and their storiesJune 9, 2020
Kylon Middleton: Moving the needle of racial justice is exhausting, vital, ongoing work
Five years after losing friends and neighbors in the murders at Mother Emanuel, an AME pastor writes about the impact on him, Charleston and the nation.
read moreabout Kylon Middleton: Moving the needle of racial justice is exhausting, vital, ongoing workJune 2, 2020
To my white sisters in Christ
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.
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