Tamir Rice, 12, was with his sister and a friend in a gazebo in a Cleveland park on Saturday when a rookie cop shot him in the chest.
Source: The Age | Nick O'Malley
Source: Christian Post | Lisa Sharon Harper
As the church considers the events of these days, the greatest challenge we face is this: Will we allow our view of "what we see" to go unexamined?
Source: Christianity Today | Ed Stetzer
In light of the grand jury decision handed down tonight, it is of utmost importance that all Christians, but specifically white evangelicals, talk less and listen more.
Source: Christian Post | Leonardo Blair
Members of the EIT have expressed divided positions on how President Obama has decided to help the strangers living in the shadows.
Source: Huffington Post | Sam Stein, Elise Foley
After years of pushing the Obama administration to grant protections to undocumented immigrants, advocacy groups are now gearing up to make sure that policy actually works.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
Tonight, faith leaders and all those who have spent years trying to fix our broken immigration system should feel gratitude toward President Obama.
Source: Christian Today | Mark Woods
Obama's announcement of reforms to America's immigrant laws has exposed divisions in US evangelical attitudes.
Source: National Journal | Fawn Johnson
Since 1965, almost every legislative change on immigration has been preceded by a decision from the White House to allow some undocumented foreigners to stay here legally.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
his is an open letter to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon urging him to maintain peace and protect those exercising their right to free speech.
Source: KWMU - St. Louis Public Radio | Chris Krehmeyer
Everyone is worried about what happens if the grand jury comes back and does not indict Darren Wilson. The disturbing part of this current discomfort is the absolute chasm between the African-American and white perspective.
Source: Christian Post | Stoyan Zaimov
A number of Evangelical groups have urged President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Congress to work together on a plan that is fair to both immigrants and the rule of law. Obama and a number of top GOP leaders have clashed over the president's proposed executive action on immigration before the end of the year, however.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
We have become resigned to politicians always blaming the other party for every problem instead of solving them and alleged political leaders pursuing a 24/7, 52-week strategy of winning instead of governing.
Source: Q Ideas | Lisa Sharon Harper
In times like these, when politicians are sweating to sway voters to their side, it is tempting to begin to define ourselves and each other through the frame of politics.
Source: St. Louis American | Chris Krehmeyer
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about creating tension to bring people to the table for real negotiation – not violent tension, but a degree of discomfort that cannot be ignored.
Source: US Catholic | Bryan Massingale
Nothing can compel us to practice hope, that most fragile of virtues. We can only be inspired.
Source: The Huntsville Times | Kay Campbell
Do you want the priorities to change in Washington? Then change Huntsville, says Jim Wallis.
Source: Huffington Post | Lisa Sharon Harper
One of the things I really appreciate about Black-ish is that it takes universal issues and works them out through a genuinely African-American lens.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
I believe that Nelson Mandela was the greatest political leader of the 20th century -- because of his 27 years of spiritual formation in prison.
Source: The Huntsville Times | Jim Wallis
In fact, it seems that these days, the ancient idea of the common good has become most uncommon.
Source: Huffington Post | Greg Carey
We have Ebola on the brain. Amid so much anxiety, we turn to All Saints' Day in the church's calendar.