(RNS) — Believe that the creator of the universe made us all for a much higher purpose than to languish in debt.

(RNS) — Why don’t more of us study and think of theological giants like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his chief of staff, the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, as theologians?

(RNS) — ‘I know this may sound crazy to those who still harbor deep spiritual and psychological wounds from ‘church hurt’ around their sexuality, but I urge you to trust and believe that although some humans may have harmed you, G-d, however, is still seeking to be reconciled with you through unconditional love,’ writes F. Romall Smalls.

(RNS) The president trusts that power comes from human sources, and he would like the church to depend on them. I do not, writes F. Romall Smalls.

(RNS) Why is the African-American church seemingly so challenged when it comes to dealing with the diversity of human sexuality and gender identity in our congregations?

(RNS) In this growing trend of buying up and razing historically African-American churches to make way for new urban developments, we lose parts of our heritage.

(RNS) No misguided biblical literalist can distort or destroy the sanctity of our lives and testimonies as children of God, created out of divine, unconditional love and with a purpose.