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Shane Claiborne, featured speaker at Young Clergy event
Shane Claiborne was the featured speaker for the 2018 Young Clergy Leadership Forum hosted by Church and Society last month.
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Easter in a Holy Saturday World
Holy Saturday is the time in between. It is the hours after the trauma, the shock of betrayal, the sickened response to violence, the chill of the horror, and the finality of death.
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faith in action
Buried Sunlight
With climate change taking center stage throughout the 2020 presidential campaign and the shift in language from “climate change” to “climate crisis,” ignoring the impact we as humans have on our world is impossible.
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faith in action
The impact of American foreign policy: A reflection for National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
We're nearing the end of National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. The Rev. Jose Luis Villasenor, pastor of Fiesta Cristiana in Apex, North Carolina, shares part of his story.
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faith in action
A United Methodist Reflections on COVID-19 in Nigeria
Rev. Esther Inuwa, Church and Society Intern, reflects on how COVID-19 raises recurrent challenges in Nigeria of whether God causes disease in response to humans for their sins and whether God is powerful enough to prevent disease from occurring in the first place.
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faith in action
Korea: Peace, justice and reunification
Responding to the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Church and Society, in partnership with the Korea Peace Committee, will host "Peace on the Korean Peninsula Forum," Nov. 13-15, 2017.
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faith in action
Lifting up the voices of those most impacted by DACA
Conversations about policy should center the voices most impacted. Too often, though, the media puts the spotlight elsewhere. Church and Society joined with our partners in the Interfaith Immigration Coalition to lift up the voices of DACA recipients.
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faith in action
EYA Experiences: Kelly Dunlap
Kelly Dunlap served as the Ethnic Young Adult Chaplain and seminar assistant. She reflects on an experience from earlier this summer which allowed her to mentor and learn from a group young adults which paid a visit to Church and Society.
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Three ways to deepen your back-to-school night
Back-to-school nights are a beloved and much-needed mainstay in many United Methodist churches. The United Methodist Church calls on its churches and members to do more than hand out free school supplies, however.
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White Christian Nationalism, Hate and Extremism: An Interview with Dr. Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon
Dr. Wiinikka-Lydon, Senior Research Analyst with the Intelligence Project of The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), discusses the findings of the SPLC 2022 Report on Hate & Extremism released in June 2023.
