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November 2015

November 09, 2015

Veteran’s Day: War on Every Shore (Mark 13:1-8)

By Shively Smith. Faith communities are uniquely positioned to help military families and veterans. It...

November 02, 2015

Our Children Are Us (Psalm 127)

By Cari Jackson. The Alhambra Police Department in California created the Youth Diversion Program...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Beijing +20 and Michelle Obama: What Is Women’s Work? (Ruth 1:1-18)

By Lisa Davison. Sumter Faith Clinic is a free clinic to treat the uninsured and...

October 06, 2015

Pope Francis U.S. Visit: Love and Joy Trump Rules (Mark 10:2-18)

By Sr. Simone Campbell. A 23-year-old Reading native struggles to find stable work that will...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Domestic Violence: Are the Children Safe? (Mark 10:2-16)

By Luke Powery. Safe Havens educates faith leaders on how to recognize and respond to...

September 09, 2015

Free Speech: A License to Destroy or A Responsibility to Build Up? (James 3:1-12)

By Walter Brueggemann. Five Things You Didn't Know About Free Speech Around the World...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

The New Feminism: Redefining a Woman’s Place (Mark 7:24-37)

By Karyn L. Wiseman. We asked people about gender equality in today’s society. Recently two...

August 17, 2015

Immigration: Love Without Borders (1 Kings 8)

By Roger S. Nam. The 2016 presidential election season has brought increased attention to...

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...

August 03, 2015

Can We Keep Our Children Safe? (2 Samuel 18)

By H. Beecher Hicks, Jr. The black church plays an important role in supporting education....

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Theological Trackstanding: A User’s Guide to Unity in Church and Society (Ephesians 4:1-16)

By Jacob D. Myers. America’s political divide is growing. Nearly every issue of national...

July 22, 2015

When War Becomes a Way of Life (2 Samuel 11:1-15)

By Raj Nadella. Victor is one veteran struggling to support his family. It has been...

July 22, 2015

American Disabled Act: Working Toward Welcome and Dignity for All

By Lisa M. Cataldo. L'Arche marks its 50th anniversary bringing the message that all lives...

July 15, 2015

All the Charlestons: We Press On for Justice

By Eric D. Barreto. Rev. Dr. James Forbes reflects on racism. Weariness is the constant...

July 06, 2015

We Are Family: Why the Affordable Care Act Matters (2 Samuel 6)

By Cari Jackson. We asked people about the importance of health care. The R&B song...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Gay Marriage: A Christian Response

By Barbara K. Lundblad. We asked people about the relevancy of marriage. “The court...

June 29, 2015

Freedom: For Everyone or Just People Like Us? (2 Corinthians 12:2-10)

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder. For one year, five French students of different faiths traveled the...

June 01, 2015

Scandalous Leaders, Scandalous Power (1 Samuel 8)

By Eric D. Barreto. Facts about leadership. Political scandals are evergreen. On any given week,...

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...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Stories and Letters from Prison (Philippians 2:5-11)

By Barbara Lundblad. Sister Margaret McCabe has worked as a prison chaplain at the Robert...

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...

March 02, 2015

The Sacrifice of Covenant Relationship (Exodus 20:1-17)

By Kimberly D. Russaw. Volunteers channel faith, compassion and muscle into new homes for the...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

ISIS, “American Sniper,” and Rainbows (Genesis 9:8-17)

By Greg Carey. Addressing the rise of religious violence and the role that faith leaders...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

The Super Bowl and the Church in a Culture of Dominance (1 Corinthians 8:1-13)

By Matthew L. Skinner. Facts about violence in America. If what a nation watches on...

January 19, 2015

Free Speech, Big Fish, and Calls from God (Jonah 3:1-5, 10)

By Karyn L. Wiseman. Facts about free speech around the world. The Charlie Hebdo massacre...

January 14, 2015

Maye God’s Trying to Tell You Something (1 Samuel 3:1-20)

By H. Beecher Hicks, Jr. Faith leaders speak out on how well the faith community...

January 05, 2015

In the Beginning and In the End: Christians and Climate Change (Genesis 1:1-5)

By Eric D. Barreto. Creatures "mentioned" in the Book of Genesis that are threatened by climate...

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...

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