reconciliation
Jonah is a prophet for today
By Thomas Reese — January 22, 2024
(RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza.
The Episcopal Church reckons with tangled protocol on clergy abuse and accountability
By Kathryn Post — December 1, 2023
(RNS) — As the denomination evaluates its Title IV clergy misconduct policy, abuse survivors say the process needs to be trauma-informed.
How to be one church in divisive times
By Charles C. Camosy — November 29, 2022
(RNS) — Remember the great gift of the exhortation, 'Be the first to love.'
At Indigenous church, Pope Francis lays out his vision for reconciliation in Canada
By Claire Giangravé — July 25, 2022
(RNS) — Pope Francis praised the work of local communities that help Indigenous 'side by side, day by day.'
How Tutu’s spirituality incorporated Christian mysticism with the African notion of interdependency
By Michael Battle — April 14, 2021
(RNS) — Tutu’s worldview of Christian mysticism counteracts the system of apartheid. His Ubuntu incorporates the African Bantu perspective of personhood with a mystical image of God’s diversity in unity.
Christian churches own up to the futility of converting the Jews
By A. James Rudin — September 27, 2019
(RNS) — Throughout history, church and political authorities have used horrendous physical, emotional and psychological pressures in fruitless conversion campaigns.
We’ve forgotten how to mend. Faith traditions can help.
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — August 17, 2018
(RNS) — When things fall apart, like when religious leaders enter areas of sexual sin or when men abuse their power to victimize women, we are not so good at repairing relationships. In fact, we are at a loss for how to begin.
Is Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ good for the Jews?
By Yonat Shimron — November 23, 2016
(RNS) Embedded in the film are several small acts of reconciliation from Gibson toward the Jewish people.
From bubbles to bridges: My post-election check-in
By Kimberly Winston — November 22, 2016
(RNS) I have found more warmth and understanding in the reaction of far-flung strangers who read about my experience than I found in people sitting next to me in church pews.
Can evangelicals unite after the 2016 election?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 16, 2016
(RNS) Evangelicals are divided on whether those excited by the election of Donald Trump can reconcile with those who see him 'representing all of the things Jesus stood against.'
Bursting my personal bubble in a church full of Trump supporters
By Kimberly Winston — November 16, 2016
PHOENIX (RNS) Not one word I heard come out of the preacher's mouth was a word Jesus would have said. It left me broken and in need of solace.
Why reconciliation with President-elect Trump may be impossible for some Christians
By Yonat Shimron — November 15, 2016
(RNS) In electing a man whose words and actions support and incite hatred and violence, the church has failed the country, and we have a lot of soul searching to do.
On Nov. 9, we are all Zacchaeus
By Randy Hollerith — November 8, 2016
(RNS) Are we bold enough to climb above the crowd and look beyond the stark rhetoric and unbending ideologies that dominate our political landscape?
Post-election church services aim to reconcile Christian voters
By Lauren Markoe — November 6, 2016
(RNS) Thousands of Christians will end this election season in the pews, praying and singing to remind themselves of God's sovereignty in their lives.
Pope Francis heading east on Caucasus peacemaking mission
By Josephine McKenna — September 27, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Building interreligious dialogue has been one of the pope’s top priorities.
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