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How do we achieve equal representation in our events & organizations?

February 23, 2015 6 Comments

Martin Thörnkvist, director of The Conference, plans the event so it will have equal representation of men and women.

Double standard in media coverage of ISIL/ISIS recruits?

February 23, 2015 16 Comments

Emma Barnett writes that we need to stop pitying the young women joining the Islamic State. From the Telegraphy: And yet people insist upon dismissing

Reflections from the country’s largest conference of queer Christians

February 23, 2015 79 Comments

Every January, the Gay Christian Network hosts the largest conference of queer Christians in America. One attendee shares their experience.

Members of the Dallas Street Choir relax, looking dapper and professional in formal wear.

Dallas Street Choir featured on NPR

February 16, 2015 1 Comment

The Dallas Street Choir is a unique choir composed of displaced men and women in Dallas, Texas. It’s a joint collaboration between The Stewpot, a Dallas-area soup kitchen founded by First Presbyterian Church, and CREDO, a choral ministry of Dallas’ Kessler Park United Methodist Church. These groups are ecumenical partners in providing various services for people experiencing homelessness and displacement.

The Climate Change Crisis schedule and panelists

February 16, 2015 No Comments

The Climate Change Crisis will kick off 30 Days of Action with a live webcast on March 24, featuring Episcopal Church allies like Princess Daazhraii Johnson of the Gwich’in tribe.

Are we all responsible for the killings in Chapel Hill?

February 16, 2015 10 Comments

Last week, an angry man killed three of his neighbors over what he claims was a long-running parking dispute.

The three victims were all Muslim. Yusor Abu-Salha was a 21 year old planning to attend UNC Chapel Hill dental school that fall. She had recently been interviewed for NPR’s StoryCorps, by her 3rd grade teacher. Her little sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, was also killed, as was her husband, Deah Barakata, 23, who was enrolled as a dental student at UNC.

Church integration efforts in South Carolina

February 16, 2015 8 Comments

Racial segregation is the de facto standard for American Christian worship, but some churches are making a concentrated effort to integrate their communities. Writing for the Post and Courier, Adam Parker and Jennifer Berry Hawes profile integrated worship at several churches in Charleston, South Carolina.