“Resistance will require us to renounce our own tendencies to espouse practices of Islamophobia, patriarchy, and homophobia in our congregations and denominations,” says Rev. Leslie Callahan. Source: The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance | Religion Dispatches
One of the principal reasons given for sabbath observance is the preservation of the distinction between Israel and the nations of the world, in order that those self-same nations will be able to recognize in Israel the mamlecheth kohanim vëgoy qadosh — the “kingdom of kohanim and holy nation” ( XIX, 6) — from whom they […]
Finally, after months of intense and loving labor, the Mishkan was completed and filled with the objects that had been so painstakingly made for it. The work had acquired the Divine seal of approval: Vayëhi bachodesh harishon bashana hashénith bë’echad lachodesh huqam haMishkan. And it was that in the first month, in the second year, […]
Why outrage culture is good news for the gospel. Source: Moral Relativism Is Dead | Christianity Today
by R. Gidon Rothstein 19 Adar: R. Ovadya Yosef on Owning Public Mitzvot For whatever positive motives people donate to the public good, ego can get involved as well. In Shu”t Yabi’a Omer 7;23, dated 19 Adar 5738 (1978), some of that had clearly happened. R. Ovadya Yosef was asked for advice by brothers who had […]
Prayer and the Struggle to Forgive: One obstacle to beginning to pray and living within is the struggle to forgive. Source: Spiritualdirection.com | Catholic Spiritual Direction | Prayer and the Struggle to Forgive Book Excerpt from Anthony Lilles SpiritualDirection.com / Catholic Spiritual Direction
An excerpt from ‘Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win.’ Source: John Perkins: I Wish I Had Done More to Help Poor White People… | Christianity Today
(RNS) The seminary had faced mounting criticism over Keller’s conservative views on women and LGBTQ people. So he will not receive an award but will still deliver a major lecture. Source: Princeton Theological Seminary reverses decision to honor Redeemer’s Tim Keller | Religion News Service
Natural Law, Social Justice, and the Crisis of Liberty in the West Source: Natural Law, Social Justice, and the Crisis of Liberty in the West | Public Discourse
(RNS) The sharp debate that broke out among believers suggests that any Christian rationale for the nation’s social safety net depends on how you translate a single Greek word in the Gospel of Matthew. Source: Trump’s budget slashes aid to the poor. Would Jesus have a problem with that? | Religion News Service
