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August 2016

August 01, 2016

Standing With Blue and Black Lives (Luke 12:32-40)

By Karyn L. Wiseman. iPhone or Droid? Right or wrong? Oreos or Chocolate Chips?...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Who Am I? Rant vs. Relationship (Hosea 11:1-11)

By Walter Brueggemann. This poem in Hosea, by the force of prophetic imagination, takes...

March 2016

March 07, 2016

Jesus, Justice-Fatigue, and Why Being Black Is Exhausting (John 12:1-8)

By Billy Honor. Several days ago I was asked by a local news reporter what...

January 2016

January 18, 2016

Tamir Rice and the Anguish of Our National Sin (Nehemiah 8:1-10)

By Robert Williamson. On December 28, just before New Year’s Day, a Cleveland grand jury...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

Ferguson One Year Later: Give Us Wisdom (1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14)

By Lisa Sharon Harper. One year since the death of Michael Brown. The plane touched...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Reflections on the Charleston, SC Shooting

A vigil was held for the victims of the Charleston shooting in Union Square, NYC....

May 2015

May 11, 2015

Don’t Ask Jesus to Say the Table Prayer (John 17:6-19)

By Barbara Lundblad. Project RETURN helps men and women leaving prison return to the community....

May 01, 2015

Preaching Reflections on Freddie Gray and Baltimore

In light of this week's events in Baltimore, MD, several of our ON Scripture writers...

April 2015

April 13, 2015

More Than the Eye Can See (Acts 3:12-19)

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder. Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., who marched in Selma, proclaims the power...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Ferguson and Forgiveness (Jeremiah 31:31-34)

By Walter Brueggemann. We asked people what they think about racism in America. Lent is...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

Protest and God’s Presence (Isaiah 61:10–62:3)

By Brian Bantum. We asked people on the street about the effectiveness of demonstrations and...

December 16, 2014

The Self-Righteous System and the Prophetic Task (2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16)

By Brennan Breed. We asked people on the street if they think our institutions are...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Release. Repair. Restore: Thoughts Beyond Ferguson Toward Racial Healing

By Jacqueline J. Lewis. A timeline of the events in Ferguson. I suppose if Ferguson...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

God Hears the Cries of #Ferguson: A Burning Bush and a World on Fire

By Keith Anderson. What can the people of faith do about racism in America? ...

August 15, 2014

Preaching Reflections on Michael Brown and Ferguson

In light of this week's events in Ferguson, Missouri, several of our ON Scripture writers...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Go Ahead and Die Already (Luke 24:13-35)

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder The role of race in the imposition of the death penalty...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Mark 14:1-15:47: What Jesus’ Death Tells Us About Ourselves

By Mathew Skinner The Trayvon Martin story is tragic for many reasons. We see one...

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