Four Of My Compassionate Community Work Lectures Video 1 – Characteristics of Christlike Community Work Video 2 – The Trinity as a Model for Human Community Video 3 – The Trinity As A Method For Community Development Video 4 – The Trinity As A Matrix For Organisational Transformation https://www.surrender.org.au/listen/compassionate-community-work Recommendation by Rev. Dr. Charles Ringma […]

CHRISTIAN CENTURY – The Bible takes the communal nature of sin and redemption for granted, so much so that it can be hard for us to see how individualistic our biblical interpretation tends to be. The good news about collective and institutional sin is that, like individual sin, it can be redeemed. By acknowledging systemic sin and […]

Are All White People Racist? Why Critical Race Theory Has Us RattledSMH – Tim Soutphommasane, professor of sociology and political theory at the University of Sydney and Australia’s former Race Discrimination Commissioner, says CRT is not the only model for dissecting racism, and nor is it “beyond reproach”. But for many people concerned with combating racism, […]

Keith Giles & Jason G. Porterfield Would early Christians recognize the behavior of today’s Christians? In this episode, Craig is joined by authors Keith Giles and Jason G. Porterfield for a conversation on how the early church understood our affiliations to the state, the poor, and violence. What events and leaders have contributed to the modern […]

By my friend Jasion Porterfield See e-book at https://bit.ly/3lWIsnZ

The Lumen Christi Institute presentsour new e-newsletterIn LumineThe Lumen Christi Institute Hosts Charles Taylor in an event on Fragile Democracy, Technocratic Takeover, and Popular Renewal.We are experiencing a crisis of democracy more powerful than anything seen in a generation: inequality continues at a galloping pace; policing is increasingly racialized and militarized; political decision-making appears remote […]

Responding to the social and political challenges of the pandemic Matteo Bonotti and Steven Zech Posted Wed 17 Mar 2021 https://ab.co/3f2sDLh

Catholic Social Teaching looks at the policy of lockdowns The impact of the Covid era on the Common Good is complex, and as the scale of the fallout becomes clear, there will be more scrutiny on the decisions that have been taken by government. Public opinion about lockdown policies has become polarised and this is inhibiting serious deliberation. We are pleased […]

What Paul and Silas might have said about George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and and and … DENNIS R. EDWARDS For many of us, anger, sadness, frustration, and fatigue are not episodic responses but chronic conditions. In recent days we’ve all seen, heard, and read of the lynching of Ahmaud Arbery, the shooting […]

An important article for all of us advocates of change. “Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing them to change their tribe. If they abandon their beliefs, they run the risk of losing social ties. You can’t expect someone to change their mind if you take away their community too. […]

THE CONVERSATION By this point in the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably heard a lot about “essential workers.” They’re the people working in hospitals and grocery stores, on farms and in meatpacking plants. They’re keeping public transit, shipping and utilities running. But is “essential” describing the workers themselves? Or only the work they do? Right now, […]

(The writer below is Joan Chittister, a Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Joan is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human rights, women’s issues and contemporary spirituality in the church and in society. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of […]