In observance of Arab American Heritage Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited Dr. Ryan LaHurd to share his thoughts on this topic with our readers. April is Arab American Heritage Month. As an Arab American, I might be expected to write about all the great things Arab Americans have contributed
November is Native American Heritage Month. Racial Justice Ministries seeks to lift up the voices and work of our Indigenous siblings by highlighting the many events hosted by the ELCA’s Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations. We especially want to draw attention to the following two events: 15th Annual Vine
On a late-June day, during a very hot summer, without a cell phone and without Google Maps, I got into my stick-shift Toyota Camry and drove across the American South, from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Jacksonville, Florida. I was 18. My friend, Bill, played on a baseball team at a
Decline in American Christian observance has slowed, Pew study finds ‘The U.S. is a spiritual place, a religious place, where we’ve seen signs of religious stabilization in the midst of longer-term decline,’ said Gregory Smith, a senior associate director of research at Pew Research Center. Related: Latest research findings on Christianity
A person cannot confess if from the very beginning he sees a chasm between himself and sin. He must be completely and truly convinced that he belongs to the realm of sin.—Adrienne von Speyr, Confession With a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 34 percent “fresh,” Ridley Scott’s 2013 production of Cormac
In October 1991, workers in Lower Manhattan accidentally discovered a burial ground dating back to the seventeenth century that contained the intact remains of 419 Black people. They were taken to Howard University for anthropological examination and, in 2003, returned to Manhattan to be solemnly reburied in what is now
The following is excerpted from LDS Living. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. Kenedi Anderson was a big name on the most recent season of American Idol. The judges were so impressed by her initial audition that they awarded her the platinum ticket to Hollywood, an honor given to one contestant in
I have heard the phrase “Christians are being persecuted” in the context of American politics enough times in the last few years to know that it has become a piece of folk wisdom. I have seen the tendency to view persecution as confirmation in political discourse in America, particularly in