by Starlette Thomas | Oct 11, 2022 | News
“Piecemeal.” This is the word used in a new U.N. human rights report to describe the progress made in “combating systemic racism against people of African descent.” The report points to the continued disproportionate experiences and life expectations of people of...
by Timothy J. Bonner | Aug 9, 2021 | Opinion
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 24th birthday a few weeks ago. We can celebrate with her because she proved that, with an entrepreneurial spirit, we can bring about disruptive innovations that empower people to create compassionate change – even in a resistant world...
by Terrell Carter | Jul 24, 2020 | Opinion
What were you doing when you were 23 years old? I ask this question every time I give a public presentation about my experiences serving as a police officer in St. Louis. People usually respond they were just graduating from college, just entering the workforce or...
by Terrell Carter | Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion
We have witnessed yet another series of public disturbances in recent weeks that began in response to the unnecessary deaths and serious injuries of Black people at the hands of police. I’ve tried to engage most of my conservative white friends about the church’s need...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 2, 2020 | Opinion
Decades ago, at my home church, the pastoral prayer would be followed by the choir’s soft refrain: “Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord; incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace.” Those long-buried words were resurrected from memory during early...
