How desperate would your life need to be for you to leave everyone and everything you knew in pursuit of a better one? To venture into a new place where […]
A Resolution to Change the Cash Bail Bond System
Approved unanimously on June 7, 2022 by the Governing Board of the North Carolina Council of Churches. Updated September 12, 2023. Considerable empirical evidence demonstrates that the cash bail system is inequitable and ineffective. […]
Hog Lagoons
[…] hog production is concentrated in the five surrounding counties. In the raising, butchering, processing, transporting and marketing of hogs, a livelihood has been provided for thousands of persons, and additional […]
A Missing Peace in the World
Rev. Edw ard Stallworth, Park Road Baptist Church (Charlotte)On a larger scale, there are those expectations that are shattered by overwhelming joy and excitement. I have never met a parent […]
Centenary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
D avid J. McBriar, O.F.M. It’s a joy for me as Ecumenical Officer of the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh to join my welcome to that of our bishop, Michael Burbidge. […]
This Man is Scary: Social Location, Sin & Healing
Dr. H. Stephen Shoemaker, Myers Park Baptist Church This man is scary. To others, probably also to himself. He lived among the tombs. There was no place else to live. […]
Living Out Faith
Rev. Jean Newell, Creighton United Methodist Church (Phoenix, Arizona)As he wrote his letter, I imagine Paul’s hope and prayer was that Philemon’s life had been so changed . . . […]
As We Enter A New Year
Friends, We look ahead to 2011 knowing we face many challenges and that our commitment to the work we believe in must be fortified and renewed. The environment in which […]
For Goodness Sake: Why America Needs Immigration Reform
[…] Hill to highlight the Catholic Church’s position on immigration issues. Cardinal Mahoney, who represents the archdiocese of Los Angeles, delivered a message entitled “For Goodness Sake: Why America Needs Immigration […]
Sharing the Story: Empowerment through Radical Hospitality
[…] you for your decision to conquer evil with good. You have decided to defeat opposition and resistance with diligence and perseverance. But above all, thank you for allowing love and […]
The Case for Fair Taxes
The ch allenge of faith communities is not to deduct a set of moral principles from scripture that houses a model for a fair tax system. There are no formulas […]
Immigration Webinar Resources
Click here for a recording of the Jan 9, 2013 webinar: Help – How Do I Talk with My Congregation about Immigration? with Lori Fernald Khamala of American Friends Service […]
Voices of Moral Mondays: My 150 New BFFs by Laurel Green
By L aurel Green, Charlotte There is a bond between people who are arrested together performing civil disobedience. It grows from a soil of shared experience and blossoms into a […]
Worship Resource for Pentecost: Breaking Down Barriers
Program Associate Jennie Wilburn has created a worship resource for Pentecost as an opportunity to break down linguistic and cultural barriers through the Holy Spirit. Jennie writes: This collection of […]
Clergy Breakfasts Kick Off with Sermons, Stories and Questions
[…] the NC Religious Coalition for Justice for Immigrants has been on the road for its annual clergy breakfast series on immigration. These breakfasts are designed to encourage conversations about immigration […]
Christmas: The Story of a Refugee Child Named Jesus
Last week, the largest detention center in the United States opened. The 50- acre center, located in Dilley, TX, will hold up to 2,400 migrants who have crossed the border […]
Nepal and Baltimore
Faced with darkness at home and abroad, may we do what we can to bring peace and ease. In both Nepal and Baltimore, lives have been lost tragically. Let us […]
This Millennial’s Response to the Pew Research Center Study
I am a millennial. I was also born and raised in the church and have continued to participate in church my entire life. I am soon to be married in […]
Advent Guide: Epiphany, January 6
Excerpted from How Will We Welcome the Prince of Peace? An Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the NC Council of Churches. In the time of King Herod, after […]
Lenten Guide: Second Sunday in Lent
[…] NC Council of Churches Lenten Guide, “Journey to Justice” You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, all you offspring […]
Advent Guide: Third Sunday, December 16
Excerpted from My Soul Magnifies the Lord, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year C from the North Carolina Council of Churches. This post contains the scripture passage, a brief commentary on the […]
Lenten Guide – Ash Wednesday
Excerpted from Power M ade Perfect in Weakness, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 58:1-12 Shout out, do not hold back! […]
Voters met the challenge. Now, ‘ID, please?’
As Americans soldier on amidst their ill-fated 2020 stress test, there is inspiration to be found. Our democracy’s guardrails as enshrined in the Constitution may have been battered by […]