by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | anti-racism, community, social justice
Howard Thurman (1899-1981), theologian, author, and mentor to many leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, preached a message of radical nonviolence. In 1936, he had led a delegation to Southern Asia, where he met and conversed deeply with Mahatma Ghandi. Thurman’s...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | community
Several years ago, our church began using “Covenants of Presence” as a guide for our meetings and conversations with the intent that those covenants will shape our culture as a congregation. The Covenants of Presence are adapted from those used by the Forum for...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | social justice
The Binational Save Asylum Coalition continues to lift up the plight of the migrants waiting at our southern border to ask for asylum. Currently, the border remains closed to most migrants. Some migrants have left the Nogales area because conditions there remain...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | anti-racism, social justice
The June 18, 2022 Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington and to the Polls will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | COVID-19
This week an AZ Disciples clergy colleague, Job Cobos, wrote a reflection on “solitary spirituality”. He focused on the pandemic’s effect on our spiritual lives and our need in these two years to pray and connect with God in solitude. Absent our customary gatherings...
