We asked Lisa Sharon Harper to answer a few questions about the verdict, the broader context behind the protests and what it all means for Christians.
Source: Relevant Magazine | Lisa Sharon Harper| November 25, 2014
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis| November 25, 2014
The verdict on America's criminal justice system is already in for many Americans: guilty, for treating young black men differently than young white men.
Source: Christian Post | Lisa Sharon Harper| November 24, 2014
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| November 24, 2014
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: The Age | Nick O'Malley| November 24, 2014
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: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis| November 21, 2014
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 Post | Leonardo Blair| November 21, 2014
Members of the EIT have expressed divided positions on how President Obama has decided to help the strangers living in the shadows.
Source: Christian Today | Mark Woods| November 21, 2014
Obama's announcement of reforms to America's immigrant laws has exposed divisions in US evangelical attitudes.
Source: Huffington Post | Sam Stein, Elise Foley| November 21, 2014
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: National Journal | Fawn Johnson| November 20, 2014
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| November 14, 2014
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| November 10, 2014
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: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis| November 7, 2014
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: Christian Post | Stoyan Zaimov| November 7, 2014
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: Q Ideas | Lisa Sharon Harper| November 5, 2014
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| November 5, 2014
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| November 5, 2014
Nothing can compel us to practice hope, that most fragile of virtues. We can only be inspired.
Source: The Huntsville Times | Kay Campbell| November 3, 2014
Do you want the priorities to change in Washington? Then change Huntsville, says Jim Wallis.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis| October 31, 2014
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: Huffington Post | Lisa Sharon Harper| October 31, 2014
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.