by Starlette Thomas | Mar 20, 2023 | Feature, Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
We need a mystical spirituality of “somebodiness.” Not to be confused with celebrity status or self-righteousness, there is a need for a deep sense of knowing who we are as human beings. This is not a new idea but a renewed call for an ontology – the nature of being...
by Amy Butler | Mar 3, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
For over three decades, the soundtrack of my travel home to Honolulu that began as soon as the airplane landed on the coral reef runway and taxied toward the gate was the Beamers’ song, “Honolulu City Lights.” The song is a wistful goodbye to the islands that would...
by Machaela Murrell | Nov 9, 2022 | News
Rhyme, rhythm and reasoning took center stage in Waco, Texas, on November 5. University Baptist Church hosted the Belief and Belonging Festival, an event dedicated to bringing people together to share personal stories of finding their place in the world. Presentations...
by Junia Joplin | Jun 14, 2022 | Opinion
Parker Palmer once said that “to be fully alive is to act.” “I understand action to be any way that we can co-create reality with other beings and the Spirit,” he continued. “Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit, an outward...
by Jack Moline | Nov 17, 2021 | Opinion
It was a small story in The Washington Post in May 2015. A young man named Glory Aganze Barongozi spoke of his time in Baltimore as a refugee from Uganda, and how ready he was to leave as his high school graduation neared. He felt small in Africa. He felt smaller in...
