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Have enough sense to dim your lights

King’s illustration about diming your lights demonstrates his point that when it comes to hatred, the vicious cycle will never end until someone has the sense to break the cycle with love rather than hate.

Ecclesiastical Endorser, National Coordinator for Chaplaincy and Specialized Ministries, ABHMS

28 October 2021

Blessing of Hands Prayer

16 December 2021

Morehouse School of Religion releases The Polished King

10 November 2021

Pastoral Self-Care

Microscope, spotlight, learning curve, stakes—When leadership anxiety gets to be too much

8 December 2021

Conflict will always be present in our lives

When hope looks like the night sky

19 January 2022

Webinar: An American Baptist Family on the cutting edge of Creation Care and Environmental Justice

30 November 2021

An Advent calendar of ideas for adults

17 November 2021

Faith manages: spirituality, science fiction, and pandemic ponderings

Editor, The Christian Citizen

18 November 2021

The extraordinary gift of gratitude

Editor, The Christian Citizen

16 November 2021

Coming full circle: Restoring balance and harmony in the Native American home

19 January 2022

Martin Luther King and the purpose of education

8 December 2021

El conflicto estará siempre presente en nuestras vidas

Rev. Erica Van Brakle

Director, MinistrElife & ABPS, ABHMS

1 December 2021

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Editor, The Christian Citizen

6 December 2021

“Prepare his ways”—This Advent, following in the footsteps of John the Baptist

To teach justice or maintain the status quo?

14 January 2022

Honoring Martin Luther King’s leadership and faithful Christian example of peaceful resistance to oppression, violence, and inequality

Director, Mission Engagement & National Network Initiatives, ABHMS

9 December 2021

ABHMS’ The Justice Dialogues deals with mental health at holiday time

Editor, The Christian Citizen

25 November 2021

The Beatles: Get Back— Returning to the root of something can be a productive, if elusive, exercise

ABHMS provides grant for Immersive Labyrinth Walk video

Director of the Center for Continuous Learning (CCL), ABHMS

21 January 2022

The Both/And of Lifelong Learning

Leaving church, part 2: The Great Baptist Resignations and COVID

How I landed in Facebook jail—A cautionary tale for churches that rely too much on social media

Editor, The Christian Citizen

3 December 2021

Starry, starry night

Editor, The Christian Citizen

2 December 2021

Agrarianism for the rest of us

23 December 2021

The metaverse and the manger

Haunted by King

American Baptist Leaders Release “You Are Special” Storybook Video

Editor, The Christian Citizen

28 October 2021

Celebrating 25 years of The Christian Citizen

Bethlehem: metaphor for a complicated mess

23 November 2021

Thankful? Even now?

17 January 2022

A letter from Paul for 1956 . . . and 2022

24 November 2021

This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for the priesthood of all believers

Editor, The Christian Citizen

13 December 2021

The ethical dilemma of playing “Mary, Did You Know?”

14 December 2021

Holidays: well-practiced tradition, present reality, and future hope

Editor, The Christian Citizen

14 January 2022

Building the Beloved Community: The Christian Citizen interview with Adam Taylor

Editor, The Christian Citizen

8 November 2021

Doing and being church in the future (or just right here and now)

2 November 2021

Are you in your Fabulous Fifth Chapter?

Immersive Labyrinth Walk Video Now Available

4 December 2021

ABHMS Awards ‘Beyond the Stained-Glass Ceiling’ Grants

Editor, The Christian Citizen

20 December 2021

Christmas, a season for poets

Leaving church: So many Baptist resignations

Dr. King and the three dimensions of a complete life

21 December 2021

Are we there yet?

The theological mandate for intercultural ministry

All Creation Waits: A Creation Care Advent Devotional Series

Building the Beloved Community

National Coordinator for Learning Initiatives, Center for Continuous Learning

7 December 2021

What shall we magnify?

10 November 2021

El Autocuidado Pastoral

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