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Wendell Berry: A Prophetic Voice for Our Environment

| August 5, 2019

Wendell Berry, who turns 85 today, is my favorite living farmer. More than that, this wordsmith and environmental activist challenged us to “think little” to achieve a healthy environment. May we heed his prophetic voice. […] Read More

Answering Whether or Not Religion is a Good Thing

By Leroy Seat

| July 2, 2019

Most religious people are convinced that their religion is a good thing but have their doubts about the goodness of other religions. So is religion good? That depends. […] Read More

Because Something’s in the Bible Doesn’t Make it Christian

By Leroy Seat

| April 10, 2019

People have used the Bible to defend slavery, bar women from ministry and rejecting acceptance of LGBTQ folks. Some may claim such views are biblical, but it doesn’t mean their Christian. We must read the Bible in context. […] Read More

Is It Anti-Semitic to Criticize the Nation of Israel?

By Leroy Seat

| March 19, 2019

Anti-Semitism cannot be condoned no matter when or by whom it is expressed, but neither can charges of anti-Semitism be used as a means to stifle legitimate criticism of the nation of Israel. […] Read More

Fred Korematsu: The Civil Rights Hero You Never Knew

By Leroy Seat

| January 30, 2019

Fred Korematsu, born 100 years ago today, is increasingly becoming recognized as the civil rights hero he was. In 1942, he challenged the internment of 117,000 ethnic Japanese people, the majority of whom were U.S. citizens. […] Read More

How Conservatives, Liberals Produced Two Christianities

By Leroy Seat

| January 25, 2019

Can differences of degree become so great they become differences of kind? Conservative and liberal Christians, unable to find a center, have become so increasingly polarized it appears they have produced two Christianities. […] Read More

Solidarity with the Poor: Are We All Talk, No Action?

By Leroy Seat

| December 6, 2018

With 40 million in the U.S. alone living in poverty, people who profess to be followers of Jesus – and all people of goodwill – must seek to live in solidarity with the poor. Easy to talk about; harder to do. […] Read More

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: An Alternative to Columbus Day

By Leroy Seat

| October 8, 2018

Christopher Columbus’ undeniable connection to the oppression of indigenous peoples and the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade have led many to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. […] Read More

W.E.B. Du Bois – His Legacy of Racial Equality Lives On

By Leroy Seat

| September 25, 2018

W.E.B. Du Bois, born 150 years ago in February 1868, adamantly opposed the idea of biological white superiority and called for full equality of blacks and whites. His legacy lives on. […] Read More

Why Too Little is Almost Always Better Than Too Much

By Leroy Seat

| September 7, 2018

In the U.S. and most of the developed world, the winds of capitalism have blown over the land so strongly that the desire of most people is for more and more material things. […] Read More

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