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May 23, 2018

Our Elders Didn’t Fail Us

Written by Lucas Johnson

The change we work to affect is an intergenerational pursuit — one that calls us to courage, commitment, and community with one another, as well as those who came before us. Lucas Johnson honors the radical hope of the leaders of the black freedom struggle.

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February 6, 2018

You Have No Power Over Me

Written by Parker J. Palmer

For Black History Month, Parker Palmer commemorates Rosa Parks’s courageous act of civil disobedience and the great change that can come from resisting one’s own diminishment.

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November 7, 2016

Is America Possible?

Written by Vincent Harding

Editor’s note: This essay was written and originally published in 2007. It is reprinted here with permission. Some years ago, I came across one of the most intriguing book titles that I have ever seen. It was set forth in the form of a question: Is America Possible?…

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March 24, 2016

Justice is Love, Embodied

Written by Omid Safi

Faith can be a salve for the soul in the face of the suffering we witness. But, Omid Safi reminds us, our spiritual love must be bolstered by how we stand for the weak and vulnerable in our midst.

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