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Afflicting the Comfortable: The White Church’s Call to Reject White Supremacy

July 4, 2022 By Grant Grissom 2 Comments

On this 4th of July holiday, and every day, the White Christian Church needs to commit to speaking loudly against white supremacy and working, institutionally, to replace all elected officials who do not take a strong stand against white supremacy.

Bony Labyrinth

April 14, 2021 By Julie L. Moore 1 Comment

Julie L. Moore's poem explores the dizzying experience of walking into teaching as a white professor in an Historically Black University.

What Does Faith Have to Do with Justice?

January 14, 2021 By Benjamin Tapper 3 Comments

Do Christians stand for justice? In what ways has the message of white supremacy worked its way into Christian churches?

Flannery O’Connor’s Double Mind

July 2, 2020 By Susan Sink Leave a Comment

"As a person socialized as white in a racist culture, O’Connor does not intuitively grasp the psychic damage done by slavery ... and this lack of understanding and experience shows up in the stories as well as in the letters."

Race and Justice in Interfaith Spaces

June 5, 2020 By Collegeville Institute 1 Comment

In this podcast episode, hear a frank conversation about race between two young faith leaders in the Muslim and Buddist religious communtities.

People Need to Do the Work

June 1, 2020 By Susan Sink 1 Comment

In this interview, Pastor James Alberts II speaks about George Floyd's murder by police in Minneapolis and calls people to do the work of racial justice.

Writing the Whole Self

November 8, 2018 By Stina Kielsmeier-Cook 1 Comment

In this interview, Enuma Okoro describes the gift of bringing one's whole self to a Collegeville Institute writing worksop on identity and belonging.

All the Colors We Will See

July 6, 2018 By Josina Cooper Guess 1 Comment

In this interview, Patrice Gopo discusses her essay collection titled All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way.