A Bridge to the Green Movement
I’ve written here about the urban gardens movement that I see now almost everywhere I go these days. (Our friends at MSA are tracking this movement, too). Most of the time, these gardens are being...
View ArticleGod’s Politics: Direct Action in An Election Year
Regular readers of The Everyday Awakening know that one of the spaces from which I’ve learned to imagine a new society in the shell of the old is our prisons. I rarely talk about US prisons these days...
View ArticleA Balm for America’s Hidden Wound
Many thanks to those of you who prayed for, supported, and joined on 21st Century Freedom Ride from Durham to Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama. I look forward to telling parts of the story here, but I’m...
View ArticleThe Road to Freedom
After twenty years of working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of mega cities, Phileena Heuertz has learned the importance of contemplation in a world of action. Together with her husband,...
View ArticlePrecious Lord: A Poet’s Cry
I’ve heard a recording of Thomas Dorsey telling the story of how, after his wife’s death during childbirth, he could not even find words to pray. Some friends who were keeping vigil with him said,...
View ArticleAt Home in Beloved Community
In many ways, the peculiar community of our 21st Century Freedom Ride grew out of the beloved community that Leah and I were adopted into when we went to Baghdad with Christian Peacemaker Teams in...
View ArticleBearing Crosses and Fighting for Causes
School for Conversion hosts experiential formation experiences in the God Movement because we believe in the constant call to be born again. As Vincent Harding reminded our 21st Century Freedom Ride,...
View ArticleNo Struggle Limited to One Place
One of the great gifts of our 21st Century Freedom Ride this Advent was partnership with local youth empowerment organizations from Durham. SFC’s neighborhood-based approach to building beloved...
View ArticleGive Us New Eyes
By Shane Claiborne It’s been said that our politics are often shaped by what we see out the window. Twenty years ago, if you’d asked me if I think police treat people fairly regardless of race, I would...
View ArticleVote Your Dreams, Not Your Fears: #MoralWeekofAction Concludes in Raleigh
On the 51st anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice, the #MoralWeekofAction concluded yesterday with rallies and organizing meetings at 12 state capitals. Though local print and TV...
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