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Latest News from Racial Justice Beloved CommunityRacial Justice Book Group Expands, Explores
Moving the edges of understanding while creating a safe and open space for discussions on racism and racial justice have become hallmarks of the Convocation’s Racial Justice Book Group (RJBG), which is part of the Racial Justice and Beloved Community (RJBC) ministry.
Observations from the “Hope Makers” conference in Berlin, Germany
Socorro Heepe was the Convocation’s Racial Justice Ministry representative to the conference – “Hope Makers: From Hostility to Hospitality – which brought together representatives from the Church of England (Diocese in Europe and the Racial Justice Unit), the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), the World Council of Churches (WCC), United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG), academic institutions, interfaith organizations, and civil society partners.
Advent 4: Purify Our Conscience, Almighty God …
A meditation offered by Haswell Beni, Florence, Italy.Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy...
Advent 3: Our King and Savior now draws near, let’s come and adore Him! | Notre Roi et Sauveur approche, venez, adorons-le !
A meditation offered by Sylvie Botétémé, Paris, France.une version en français se trouve ci-dessous.When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another? ...
Advent 2: Being truly seen …
A meditation offered by Rev Stephanie Burette, Oxford.The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the...
Advent 1: Casting Away the Works of Darkness
As we begin this season of waiting and wonder, we are invited to return to the Source—to remember who we are and whose we are.
My favorite scriptural image is of God playing in the dirt—not making mud pies (as I used to), but making mud people. We are the mud people God formed from the earth, from humus. God made Adam—earth-being—of the very stuff that is our home. The Christ who came in great humility (humus) is the grounded Christ, the one who knows of what, by whom, and why he was made. He is of the earth and for heaven, bridging dust and divinity.