Welcoming the stranger: How are we doing?

As people of God, we must continually ask ourselves, “How am I doing welcoming the stranger? What steps can I take as an individual, community member, church member, and person of God to help those who are desiring a better life, running from the ‘Herods’ of many forms?”

Scavengers

It is important that we, as a church, identify whether exploitation of those affected by catastrophes happens in our communities and join in efforts to do justice for the most vulnerable. That is what we are called to do.

Carroñeros

Es importante que como iglesia identifiquemos si estas acciones ocurren en nuestras comunidades y nos unamos a los esfuerzos de hacer justicia en favor de los más vulnerables. A eso fuimos llamados y llamadas.

Stand up

May we find our rest, our sitting with community in the lamenting. We have waded in the waters, we have parted seas, our North Stars have journeyed to freedom. We have stood up to many Goliaths in this world.

Justice. Mercy. Faith.

Through The Christian Citizen, we seek to shape a mind among American Baptists and others on matters of public concern by providing a forum for diverse voices living and working at the intersection of faith and politics, discipleship and citizenship.

Scavengers

Scavengers

It is important that we, as a church, identify whether exploitation of those affected by catastrophes happens in our communities and join in efforts to do justice for the most vulnerable. That is what we are called to do.

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Carroñeros

Carroñeros

Es importante que como iglesia identifiquemos si estas acciones ocurren en nuestras comunidades y nos unamos a los esfuerzos de hacer justicia en favor de los más vulnerables. A eso fuimos llamados y llamadas.

read more
Stand up

Stand up

May we find our rest, our sitting with community in the lamenting. We have waded in the waters, we have parted seas, our North Stars have journeyed to freedom. We have stood up to many Goliaths in this world.

read more
Remembering Dr. Anthony Campolo

Remembering Dr. Anthony Campolo

Dr. Campolo forced you to think about what Jesus would do. He showed that simple ideas don’t always apply in every situation or solve every problem, but they change things. Simple choices can change your life.

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Faith and Politics

Our church signs need work

Our church signs need work

Planet Fitness, the real-life Average Joe’s, come-as-you-are establishment, beat every church sign I knew with its slogan, The World Judges, We Don’t.

Building a movement for dignity: A conversation with Tim Shriver

Christian Citizen editor Curtis Ramsey-Lucas speaks with Tim Shriver, founder and CEO of Unite and host of “Need a Lift?” about his efforts to encourage dignity in politics and provide an alternative for people who are hungry for belonging, purpose, and the belief that we can all somehow work together.

Remembering 9/11: A Muslim perspective

When we say, “Never forget,” we must ask: Who are we remembering? Who gets counted as American enough to deserve justice? Until we, as a country, live up to the values of love, unity, and equality that are supposed to bind us together, justice will remain an unfulfilled promise.

Harris’ faith is a game-changer for abortion rights

Harris meets the conversation around abortion where it is most fertile — at the intersection of differing religious communities. It is only through interfaith dialogues that the limiting binary thinking around abortion and faith is interrogated.

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