Sight-Seeing: Let’s review – Slavery benefitted white people
ANDRE HENRY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says we’re not done covering the basics of anti-racism in America. Even some Black people are confused…
Sight-Seeing: Global warming is here and it is getting worse
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that we are like frogs in a pot of water being slowly cooked and we don’t have the sense to get out of the pot, let alone turn off the heat…
Sight-Seeing: Why Christians need to support diversity professionals, not demonise them
MICHELLE LOYD-PAIGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that even among Christians, diversity, equity and inclusion leaders find themselves isolated and unsupported…
Sight-Seeing: Can chatbots write inspirational and wise sermons?
JOANNE M PIERCE, professor emerita of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross, says, in an article first published on The Conversation, explains what the limitations are…
Sight-Seeing: Should white Christians celebrate Juneteenth?
CHUCK MINGO, founder of Courageous Love and a teaching pastor at Crossroads Church in Ohio, says yes, and that, like any celebration, it’s better with friends…
Sight-Seeing: Thoughts on my five-year anniversary of getting hit by a bus
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on Ezekial and the parallels between physical set-backs and spiritual realities in her life…
Sight-Seeing: Human progress, the myth of the modern age, is increasingly in doubt
Writing from the US, KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says cruelty, plagues and the irrepressibility of a certain ex-president make optimism a tough sell…
Sight-Seeing: New books celebrate faith and motherhood in time for Mother’s Day
Ahead of Mother’s Day in the US and elsewhere, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, looks at some recent books that celebrate faith and mothering…
Sight-Seeing: Why I am still a Christian
NILS VON KALM reflects on his long walk with Jesus…
Sight-Seeing: Practicing prophetic grief
Rev OTIS MOSS III, author, academic and senior pastor of United Church of Christ in Chicago, says that when we grieve pathetically, we may come to imitate our oppressors…