Racial Justice

Confronting hate: What do you wear?

An encounter with neo-Nazis shows how fear, the need for belonging and distorted views about Christianity form a dangerous mix.

Social Concerns

The Rev. Larry Pickens Photo courtesy of the author.

Advancing a theology of reparations

The Black experience is grounded in the pain of racism, and reparative justice offers a means to address that trauma and transform relationships.

Local Church

J. Edgar Hoover (center), director of the FBI, stands by a plaque dedicating a large stained-glass window to him at Capitol Hill Methodist Church, today called Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, on June 26, 1966. Also pictured are the Rev. Edward B. Lewis (left), pastor of the church, and the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris (right), chaplain of the Senate. The window is scheduled to be rededicated on Sept. 29 to deemphasize the connection to Hoover, whose longtime home was set in what is now the church parking lot. Photo courtesy of Capitol Hill United Methodist Church.

DC church wrestles with FBI connection

After 58 years, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church in Washington is taking steps to reposition its connection to J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime chief of the FBI whose legacy has gotten murky since his 1972 death

Faith Stories

The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. speaks about nonviolence at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., in 2009, during a congressional civil rights pilgrimage to the state. The church was the site of a 1961 confrontation between Freedom Riders and an angry mob. Lawson died June 9 at age 95. File photo by Kathy L. Gilbert, UM News.

Stories abound after the death of the Rev. James Lawson

The United Methodist pastor, who died June 9, is being remembered as a “giant for nonviolence, peace and love.” Acolytes and friends of the Civil Rights leader say his legacy will continue to change society for the better.

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