by Molly T. Marshall | Aug 15, 2017 | Opinion
Violence erupted in a staid university town this weekend, and the symbolism of the white supremacists was startling. A Nazi swastika alongside the Confederate “stars and bars” was a mash-up, to be sure, and the U.S. flag was thrown in for good measure, as...
by Ferrell Foster | Aug 15, 2017 | Opinion
A picture in the news this weekend showed three white men holding black shields and black flags. It occurred to me that, though younger, they looked like me. Without their foolish garb, we could be mistaken as being very much alike. If I could hear them talk, we might...
by Michael Cheuk | Aug 3, 2017 | Opinion
A group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan came to my town of Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 8. They came to protest the planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in one of our city parks. I’m part of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective, a group of faith...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion
One of my deepest grievances is the witness of the church in North America as a new, transformed and reconciled community. I understand that the colonialized practice of Christianity did much to disturb a proper foundation for fellowship between believers of different...
by Ron Rolheiser | Jul 18, 2017 | Opinion
Charity is about being good-hearted, but justice is about something more. Individual sympathy is good and virtuous, but it doesn’t necessarily change the social, economic and political structures that unfairly victimize some people and unduly privilege others....
