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August 2015

August 31, 2015

The Church, The Poor, and Lessons from Katrina

Published at KineticsLive.com By R. Drew Smith, Ph.D. In 1995, the first of the Left...

August 30, 2015

A Hidden Gem: “Good Cops” Serving Black Communities

Earlier, I wrote a piece that asked "Where are the good cops when we need...

August 26, 2015

Where Were You and Where Are You?

Where were you on August 9, 2014 when you learned of the death of Michael...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Progressive Christianity and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of...

July 05, 2015

The Public Theologian: The Post Reconstruction Rhetoric of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner-Pt. 4

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the death of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner...

July 01, 2015

Keeping Faith in a Season of Change

The reaction of some conservative Christians to recent political events in the US continues to...

July 01, 2015

#WhoIsBurningBlackChurches

After the terrorist act committed by Confederate sympathizer Dylann Roof at Emanuel AME Church...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Faith and Forgiveness: Obama’s Political Theology

The eulogy delivered by President Obama Friday morning at Emanuel African Episcopal Church in Charleston...

June 29, 2015

The Argument *Against* the Multicultural Church

First published at By Their Strange Fruit by Katelin Hansen Our God is a multicultural...

June 24, 2015

“My God My God”: The Foundation of Forgiveness-Pt. 2

*Below is a portion of the sermon I preached Sunday in response to the...

June 24, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: What I Did Not Hear-Pt.2

I invited people who attended church this past Sunday (after the #CharlestonShooting) to submit a...

June 23, 2015

“Father Forgive Them”: The Foundation of Forgiveness-Pt. 1

*Below is a portion of the sermon I preached Sunday in response to the...

June 20, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: “Hood Blacks, Good Blacks, He Just Saw Blacks”

Last night at dinner as the TV droned on in the Chinese take-out where we...

June 18, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: Why I Want Us to Stop Praying for a While

First posted on Window of Religion I’m certain you’ve heard the news by now. Nine...

June 18, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: Being a Neighbor in the Midst of Terror

As a curious little brown girl growing up in the Northeast, I vividly remember the...

June 18, 2015

#CharlestonShooting: Dylann Roof and the Manifestation of Evil

On last night at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Charleston, South Carolina,...

June 04, 2015

Deconstructing Patriarchy, One Ritual at a Time

I love weddings. I even like the parts pastors aren’t supposed to enjoy—the flowers, dresses,...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 4

Zora Neale Hurston conducts an in-depth analysis of the relationship between folklore and the black...

May 12, 2015

The Church and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement-Pt. 1

“Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the...

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