Living deliberately means practicing awareness about what affects me, even what effects everyone. October is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS month. In the United States alone, 220,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year – 40,000 die annually.Read more
How have they done it? How do they continue to do it? How do black women endure life’s excruciating struggles and come forth with a whole heart and a sure soul? How do black womenRead more
Religion Dispatches is an online magazine, a “gold mine,” for articles addressing timely issues “at the intersection of religion, politics and culture.” Brandi Miller, a writer for Religion Dispatches, is done with white evangelicals and offersRead more
There is a collective voice building across the world. This is the voice of justice. Her roar has reawakened, as history has shown, during approaching times of radical injustice. Rachel Rosenthal, a PhD candidate inRead more
National Catholic Reporter, an online magazine for Catholics and other people of faith, is the host site for Sister Joan Chittister’s FROM WHERE I STAND, a monthly post about issues affecting each of our lives. InRead more
In an article last month posted on Religion Dispatches, Peter Laarman, executive director of Progressive Christians Uniting, a network of activist individuals and congregations headquartered in Los Angeles, expresses concern for the marginalized among us;Read more
Deborah (Debo) W. Dykes We say little girls are precious. But the truth is, women are treated as second-class citizens, oppressed and overlooked by a world of male dominance. Even today, in the 21stRead more
In a recent article presented by The Shriver Report, the Benedictine Sister’s of Erie, PA, exemplify how remarkable courage, determination, hard work, love and compassion can transform the most hopeless of lives. These extraordinary womenRead more
Peter Laarman, “pulls back the sheets” with his recent article in Religion Dispatches,“Forget Conservatives, Can ‘Piketty Porn’ Inspire the Left?”Peter stirs provocative thought with statements such as, “The real danger for faith leaders is,Read more
FaithAndReason®, an operating arm of the D.L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation, partnered with twenty-two Houston-area institutions and faith communities, along with twenty-six renowned activists, experts and academics to host a ground breaking 3-day seminar titled Houston:ConfrontingRead more