The 8th Principle has resulted from several grass roots efforts across our denomination. The intent is to bring focus to building a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by dismantling racism and other oppressions in ourselves and institutions. Looking inward is often a vulnerable … read more.
Jesse Jackson speaks of the sanitized version of MLK as the “Harmless Dreamer,” but in reality the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a revolutionary who advocated tactics similar to the modern day Black Lives Matter movement. Rev. Ben asks us … read more.
Black feminist poet June Jordan said, “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” But many voices tell us we are too fat, too thin, too Black, too, too. What if we are enough, just the way we are?
Here we are, a month from when we thought we’d be reopening the doors to live services. But, the delta variant may force a delay in that schedule. It can feel discouraging. However, we have made it … read more.
