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SUMMARY:Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage\, Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:When: Saturday\, March 24 (Palm Sunday) through Friday\, March 29 (Good Friday) \nWhere: From the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia\, PA to Lockheed Martin headquarters in King of Prussia\, PA \nConvened by: Red Letter Christians\, Freedom Road\, Fellowship of Reconciliation\, the Society for Faith and Justice\, Rainbow PUSH Coalition\, and more. \nREGISTER TO JOIN US \n  \n\nAs Mary wept over Christ’s body\, this Lenten season we are all mothers in Gaza weeping over the dead — over 30\,000 killed since October 7\, 2023 — senselessly from us by bombs and bullets and indifference. Like the people of Gaza today\, Jesus was born as a refugee\, in the middle of a genocide in an occupied land.  This Palm Sunday to Good Friday\, we will demonstrate with our bodies and prayers the urgent cry for a ceasefire. As Christ said: “Blessed are the peacemakers for they are the children of God.”  Not in our name\, not in the name of our Savior Christ\, the Prince of Peace! \nBetween March 24 (Palm Sunday) and March 29 (Good Friday)\, when Christians around the world remember the crucifixion of Jesus\, followers of Jesus and friends will walk 20 miles (almost the length from Gaza City to Rafah)\, approximately four miles per day; observing the ‘Stations of the Cross’ on each day. Walking from The Liberty Bell to Lockheed Martin\, the world’s largest weapons contractor\, participants will reflect on Jesus’ Passion and Death and our nation’s complicity in decades of bombings in Gaza\, including the current carnage. The Philadelphia pilgrimage is part of the global ‘Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage’ movement. \nAt Lockheed Martin\, Philadelphia-based and national theologians and activists\, including Shane Claiborne\, Lisa Sharon Harper\, Ariel Gold\, Linda Sarsour\, Rev. Mark Thompson\, and others will\, filled with the spirit of God and an unflinching commitment to nonviolence\, engage in prayerful direct action calling on God to stop the flow of machines of death from the U.S. to the world. This spiritual act of resistance aims to send a message urging the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire and stop or condition weapons exports to Israel being used to kill and maim civilians and violate human rights. \nWe call for: \nAn immediate and permanent ceasefire\nUnfettered and robust entry of humanitarian aid\nThe immediate release of all hostages\nAn end to Israel’s systems of occupation and apartheid\nThe elimination/restriction of U.S. military assistance to Israel such that it does not fund violations of human rights\, including collective punishment and the targeting of civilians \n\n\nCore Convictions of the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage\, Philadelphia (in alignment with The International Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage):\n  \nWe oppose all forms of hatred\, racism\, and discrimination\, including antisemitism\, anti-Arab racism\, Islamophobia\, and homo and trans-phobia. We affirm the truth that all people\, regardless of race\, ethnicity\, sexuality\, gender identity\, or nationality are created in the image of God. “Our battle is not against flesh and blood” but against the Powers of domination\, oppression\, and violence. \nWe believe in and adhere to nonviolence in strategy\, principle\, and philosophy. As communicated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\, who got his inspiration from Jesus Christ and his techniques from Mohandas K. Gandhi: \nPrinciple one: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. It is active nonviolent resistance to evil. It is aggressive spiritually\, mentally and emotionally. \nPrinciple two: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding. The result of nonviolence is redemption and reconciliation. The purpose of nonviolence is the creation of the Beloved Community. \nPrinciple three: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice\, not people. Nonviolence recognizes that evildoers are also victims and are not evil people. The nonviolent resister seeks to defeat evil\, not people. \nPrinciple four: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform. Nonviolence accepts suffering without retaliation. Unearned suffering is redemptive and has tremendous educational and transforming possibilities. \nPrinciple five: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate. Nonviolence resists violence of the spirit as well as the body. Nonviolent love is spontaneous\, unmotivated\, unselfish\, and creative. \nPrinciple six: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice. The nonviolent resister has deep faith that justice will eventually win. Nonviolence believes that God is a God of justice.” \nAs we express our solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against settler-colonialism\, we are cognizant of and in solidarity with First Nation peoples of the Philadelphia area\, the Lenni-Lenape People of Lenapehoking and the Poutaxat (Delaware Bay). We seek the blessing and collaboration of the First Nations Peoples of the land on which we walk and recommit ourselves to the work of healing-justice for all indigenous people. \nWe engage in the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage as an act of repentance and lamentation for our collective sins of omission by not taking action for Palestinian liberation and our collective sins of commission by allowing ourselves\, our houses of worship\, and our government to support and contribute to 75 years of oppression of Palestinians and a genocide occurring in real-time in front of our eyes. \nWe welcome our Muslim\, Jewish\, Hindu\, Buddhist\, agnostic\, atheist\, and other allies. We affirm the interconnectedness of our different faiths as we seek together to eliminate the war\, violence\, and hatred that are abominations in the eyes of our collective God. \nREGISTER TO JOIN US \n\n\nRoute:\nDay 1: Sunday\, March 24\, 2 PM\, walk from the Liberty Bell to the Philadelphia Zoo – 2.7 miles \nDay 2: Monday\, March 25\, 10 AM\, walk from the Philadelphia Zoo to the Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas – 3.3 miles \nDay 3: Tuesday\, March 26\, 10 AM\, walk from the Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas to Bryn Mawr – 4.3 miles \nDay 4: Wednesday\, March 27\, 10 AM\, walk from Bryn Mawr to Eastern University – 4.2 miles \nDay 5: Thursday\, March 28\, walk from Eastern University to the King of Prussia Mall – 3.9 miles \nDay 6: Good Friday\, March 29\, 10 AM\, walk from the King of Prussia Mall to Lockheed Martin – .6 miles. 12 PM\, Good Friday service \nREGISTER TO JOIN US \n\nWhy Lockheed Martin: \nLockheed Martin supplies the Israeli government with a wide variety of weapons\, including fighter jets\, attack helicopters\, and missiles. Many of these weapons are given by the U.S. to Israel through the almost $4 billion Israel receives annually in Foreign Military Financing. \nSince the 1970s\, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 has been the Israeli Air Force’s “most important fighter jet\,” taking part in all of Israel’s major military assaults on Gaza. The newer Lockheed Martin F-35 is the most advanced warplane used by the Israeli Air Force. \nBetween 2004 and 2009\, Lockheed Martin supplied Israel with at least 102 F-16 fighter jets. Between 2016 and 2021 they supplied Israel with at least 50 F-35 fighter jets. \nLockheed Martin also provides Israel with its M-270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)\, a mobile system that fires a torrent of surface-to-surface rockets. The Israeli military used the MLRS to fire cluster munitions during the 2006 Lebanon War in attacks that Human Rights Watch deemed to be of “an indiscriminate and disproportionate character\, in violation of international humanitarian law.” \nDuring the 2008–2009 assault\, Israeli F-16s were used to target civilians\, civilian homes\, and refugee camps. The attacks killed numerous Palestinians\, including 22 members of a single family\, 12 of whom were children under the age of 10. \nDuring Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza\, Lockheed Martin Hellfire missiles were used to kill at least 51 people\, including 24 children. \nDuring the 2021 offensive\, F-16s—described as the “mainstay of the bombardment”—were documented\, for example\, bombing Gaza City’s  Rimal neighborhood\, as well as residential buildings and the offices of news organizations\, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press. \nIsrael’s current war on Gaza\, which heavily relies on Lockheed Martin weaponry\, has killed almost 30\,000 people\, about a third of which have been children. \nIn December 2023\, as Israel was two months into carrying out genocide in Gaza\, the U.S. rushed Israel F-35 weapons capabilities and spare parts to the country. In January 2024\, the U.S. and Israel reached a deal to supply Israel with large number of F-35 and F15 fighter jets as well as Apache helicopters. \nOn February 12\, 2024\, The Dutch Court of Appeal in the Hague ordered the Netherlands government to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel due to there being “a clear risk that serious violations of humanitarian law of war are committed in the Gaza Strip with Israel’s F-35 fighter planes.” \nREGISTER TO JOIN US \n\nFrom the organizers of the pilgrimage: \n“One of the central convictions of Christianity is that there is a God who is near to the suffering\, to the poor\, to all those who are victims of violence.  When asked where God is amid the violence in Gaza\, Palestinian theologian Munther Isaac responded: “God is under the rubble.”  On Good Friday\, Christians around the world remember in a special way that Christ is God’s act of solidarity\, as he endured the most horrific violence on the cross\, and subverted it with love\, forgiveness\, and an empty tomb.  It is Christ who said\, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they are the children of God. It is Christ who rebuked his own disciples when they wanted to call down “fire from heaven” on the people of Samaria. And it is Christ\, who scolded Peter when he resorted to violence\, saying to Peter\, “Those who live by the sword\, die by the sword… put the sword away.”  As many fellow Christians bless the bombs falling on Gaza\, bombs made at Lockheed Martin… we say NO\, not in our name\, and not in the name of our Savior.  As many Christians try to defend the violence of Israel being done in planes made by Lockheed Martin\, we are calling for a ceasefire\, and an end to the violence in the name of Christ\, the Prince of Peace.”
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/gaza-ceasefire-pilgrimage-philadelphia/
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Liz Cooledge Jenkins in conversation with Susan Wood
DESCRIPTION:Join us for April’s Book Club with RLC friend and featured guest Liz Cooledge Jenkins in conversation with Susan Wood to discuss her latest book\, “Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism.” \nThe book explores how even in the warmest and most welcoming evangelical churches\, patriarchy looms as an ever-present force\, suppressing women’s possibilities and debilitating whole communities. Well-intentioned churchgoers and church leaders have bought into deeply-entrenched male-dominated mindsets\, power structures\, and theologies that are not working—not for women\, and really not for anyone. \nPart memoir and part faith-based feminist manifesto\, “Nice Churchy Patriarchy” takes an unflinching look at the ways misogyny’s subtler forms impact every aspect of women’s experiences in church. From leading a church college ministry\, to attending seminary\, to eventually developing the confidence to preach\, Liz Cooledge Jenkins weaves together her own journey with reflections on biblical interpretation\, church history\, and intersectional feminism. \nAfter confronting misogyny’s faces head-on\, Liz goes on to explore how we can build better faith communities together. For all who long to see women’s gifts greeted in churches with gratitude rather than a suspicious side eye\, “Nice Churchy Patriarchy” points the way. \nJenkins is a writer\, preacher\, former college campus minister\, and author. She writes at the intersections of faith\, feminism\, and social justice\, and her work can be found at places like Sojourners and The Christian Century—as well as her new Substack\, Growing Into Kinship\, and on Instagram @lizcoolj and @postevangelicalprayers. \n\nLiz lives in the Seattle area with her husband and their black cat Athena\, where she enjoys hiking\, swimming\, attempting to grow vegetables\, and drinking a lot of tea. \nZoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsf-uuqzwjGtJ9oghg-v1gB2CeKf1OUn61 \n\nWe’ll be live on Twitter\, Facebook and YouTube; register to join us on Zoom. \nFind us streaming live on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, Twitter\, or YouTube channels and register to join us on Zoom: \nRegister Here Now on Zoom or join us live on Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-liz-cooledge-jenkins/
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SUMMARY:March Monthly Morning Prayer with RLC UK
DESCRIPTION:Join us for March’s Monthly Morning Prayer with Sally Mann\, David Mann and Faith Van Horne from Red Letter Christians\, UK in conversation with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. \nWe will be reflecting upon the latest release by RLC UK: “Jesus & Justice: Stories of Radical Christian Living.” This book was released on Feb 14 and is available from www.redletterchristians.org.uk. \nThe compilation brings together 25 authors from across the UK\, writing about their lived experience of seeking Jesus and justice in their communities. They speak honestly\, from the heart\, in accessible stories. This is not a heavy theological book trying to have the last word. It’s a moving collection of ‘first word’ stories to encourage you. \nThe authors’ stories are grouped around verses from the beautiful vision of Shalom in Isaiah 65:17-23. It explores eco-justice\, poverty and placemaking\, housing\, migration\, economics\, education and criminal justice. Added within it are five dialogues from leading British theologians and experienced activists. These appear in summary at the end of every section. You can view longer 20 min recordings of these dialogues for FREE on http://redletterchristians.org.uk. \nWhichever theme you start with\, you can listen to conversations and use them to spark discussions in your church or community. This book will inspire you with what is possible when a Jesus-centred faith is at the heart of activism. \nAs for our RLC UK guests and dear friends\, they\, of course\, need no introduction. \nSally Mann is Co-Director of Red Letter Christians UK and has a PhD in Philosophy and Theology and is senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Greenwich. She is Senior Minister at Bonny Downs Baptist Church\, where she is the fourth of five generations of her family to stay put and serve in that East-End community. Sally has written a book\, Looking for Lydia: Encounters that Shape the Church\, reflecting on 25 years of ministry in London through the stories of encounters in Acts. \nDave Mann is Co-director of Red Letter Christians and has been in church leadership for 30 years. He is director of Seedbeds UK\, joint minister of Bonny Downs Baptist Church\, East Ham and chair of Bonny Downs Community Association. Dave is involved in the governance of three school academy trusts and chairs a community development charity\, Community Albums which is committed to building better communities through music and media. He coached and captained West Ham United’s over-50s walking football and is chair of Newham Cricket Club. He is also London and South East regional coordinator for Urban Expression. \nFaith Van Horne is co-director of Red Letter Christians UK alongside Dave Mann and Sally Mann. From Pennsylvania and Ohio in the United States\, she is a Doctoral Researcher in Theology and Religion at University of Birmingham\, UK. She studies doctrine from a trauma-informed perspective\, seeking to articulate a more embodied\, creation-redeeming vision of Christian faith. \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nWe’ll be live on all our socials; register to join us on Zoom:\nREGISTER HERE \nAll are welcome; we’ll be live on all our socials! Twitter\, Facebook\, and YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/march-monthly-morning-prayer/
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Divya Rosaline David
DESCRIPTION:Join Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Divya Rosaline David to discuss “Black Liturgies: Prayers\, Poems\, and Meditations for Staying Human.” \nFor years\, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amid ongoing national racial violence\, the isolation of the pandemic\, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces\, she began dreaming of a more human\, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies\, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion\, Black memory\, and the Black body. \nIn this book\, she brings together hundreds of new prayers\, along with letters\, poems\, meditation questions\, breath practices\, scriptures\, and the writings of Black literary ancestors to offer forty-three liturgies that can be practiced individually or as a community. Inviting readers to reflect on their shared experiences of wonder\, rest\, rage\, and repair\, and creating rituals for holidays like Lent and Juneteenth\, Arthur Riley writes with a poet’s touch and a sensitivity that has made her one of the most important spiritual voices at work today. \nFor anyone healing from communities that were more violent than loving; for anyone who has escaped the trauma of white Christian nationalism\, religious homophobia\, or transphobia; for anyone asking what it means to be human in a world of both beauty and terror\, Black Liturgies is a work of healing and empowerment\, and a vision for might be. \nAbout the author: \nCole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the NYT bestselling author of This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic\, Guernica\, The Boston Globe\, and The Washington Post. \nCole is also the creator of Black Liturgies\, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion\, Black literature\, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator. \nZoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcuyvrT8oE9MrccM6L3HzFb2N8xKMAqWb \nWe’ll be live on Twitter\, Facebook and YouTube; register to join us on Zoom. \nFind us streaming live on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, Twitter\, or YouTube channels and register to join us on Zoom: \nRegister Here Now on Zoom or join us live on Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-cole-arthur-riley/
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SUMMARY:Equity in Action Visiting Scholar - Shane Claiborne Part Two - Beating Guns
DESCRIPTION:Part Two of Four with Shane Claiborne – Equity in Action Visiting Scholar \nThe program will feature a presentation on gun violence by Shane\, a live blacksmith demonstration transforming a gun into a garden tool\, music from Common Hymnal\, and guest speaker Reverend Sharon Risher – daughter and cousin to three victims of the Emanuel 9 murdered by a white supremacist at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston\, South Carolina.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/equity-in-action-visiting-scholar-shane-claiborne-part-two-beating-guns/
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SUMMARY:Bridgeway Community Church Guest Speaker Series 2024 | Sermon Series | Shane Claiborne
DESCRIPTION:No stranger to Bridgeway\, Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker\, activist\, and best-selling author. Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta\, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads up Red Letter Christians\, a movement of folks who are committed to living “as if Jesus meant the things he said.” Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless\, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/bridgeway-community-church-guest-speaker-series-2024-sermon-series-shane-claiborne/
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SUMMARY:RLC Professional Training Series: "Reels\, TikTok and New Technology"
DESCRIPTION:As a part of our Professional Training Series to equip our movement for effective direct action\, we are delighted to have Tim Whitaker lead us with a webinar in “Reels\, TikTok and New Technology”. \nThis Professional Training will be led by Tim Whitaker who will be sharing on why it’s more important than EVER that you/your organization is engaging a social media/digital audience. He will walk you through the basics of Instagram\, Tik-Tok and YouTube\, showing you how the platforms are different but equally important in spreading information. He’ll also talk about what makes a video engaging\, and programs to use that are easy to learn and make you look like a pro in no time! \nTim Whitaker is a dear friend of RLC’s and is Founder + Creator of The New Evangelicals. Growing up\, Tim always felt at home in evangelical spaces – until years later\, when his studying and questions caused him to no longer be welcomed at in his church community. Brokenhearted\, but undeterred\, Tim continued to pursue a deeper understanding of faith\, history\, theology and the evangelical church. The more he uncovers\, the more he realizes the importance of advocating for the marginalized in the church\, exploring the full depth and breadth of Christian faith traditions\, and holding toxic churches and leaders accountable. \n\n*This webinar is a part of RLC’s Professional Development Series that is open to the public and offered on a “pay what you can” basis. Please complete the donation form below and registration information will be emailed to you.  \nWe never want finances to be a barrier to access our programming\, but we are deeply grateful to all those who can fuel this work financially! If you can’t make a gift\, keep scrolling for an additional option. \n \nIf you are unable to support Red Letter Christians in order to attend this webinar\, please fill out the form below\, which allows you to register without making a gift.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-professional-training-series/
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SUMMARY:February Monthly Morning Prayer with Titus Bryant
DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 1\, 2024 with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and RLC’s Program Associate\, Titus Bryant. This Monthly Morning Prayer is a very very special one: we’ll have Titus share about the 3 Revivals we’ve planned for 2024! \nWe would love for you to join us in contemplation\, reflection and prayer for the repair that we hope the RLC Revivals will welcome into our hearts and lives! \nWe’ll be live on our YouTube\, Facebook and Twitter channels. \nRegister to join us on Zoom: Meeting Registration – Zoom \nRegister to Join Us!
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/february-monthly-morning-prayer-with-titus-bryant/
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SUMMARY:Monthly Morning Prayer with Titus Bryant and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
DESCRIPTION:Usher in the new year by joining us for February’s Monthly Morning Prayer with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and RLC’s Program Associate\, Titus Bryant. This Monthly Morning Prayer is a very very special one: we’ll have Titus share about the 3 Revivals we’ve planned for 2024! Join us in contemplation\, reflection and hope for the repair that we hope the RLC Revivals will bring to the spiritual landscape of our country. Mark your calendars and join Titus in conversation with Jonathan on February 1\, 2024 at 9 AM ET! All are welcome; we’ll be live on all our socials! Twitter\, Facebook\, and YouTube. \nRegister to Join us on Zoom: Click Here! \n  \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nRegister to join on Zoom or join us on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/morning-prayer-february-2024/
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SUMMARY:RLC Professional Training Series: How to Write an Op-Ed
DESCRIPTION:As a part of our Professional Training Series to equip our movement for effective direct action\, we are delighted to have Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons lead us with a webinar in “How to Write an Op-ed” where you will learn to craft concise\, effective\, and prophetic commentary. \nPublishing an op-ed is a powerful tool to speak out against Christian nationalism and present an alternative Christian witness to the public. This in-depth training will guide you from picking an idea\, drafting your content\, and pitching it to a news outlet for them to publish. We’ll discuss popular outlets and who decides what gets published and why. You will depart the training ready to place your first op-ed\, or new ideas for seasoned writers. \nThe training is led by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons\, who has written or ghost-written more than 200 op-eds in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, MSNBC\, CNN\, and many other publications. He’s currently the Communications Director at BJC. He earned his undergraduate degree from American University in Washington\, D.C.\, and his Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry in Prophetic Leadership degree from Iliff School of Theology in Denver\, Colorado. \nWe’ll be live on YouTube\, Facebook and Twitter; register to join us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZEtcOCgqjosGNTKZch9YRtWpK6bu… \nClick Here to Register! \n*This webinar is a part of RLC’s Professional Development Series that is open to the public attending live (registration required) and thereafter will be available with limited access! You definitely don’t want to miss this! 
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-professional-training-series-how-to-write-an-op-ed/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T190000
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Adam Bucko in conversation with Mary Grace Puszka
DESCRIPTION:Join Father Adam Bucko in conversation with RLC’S Mary Grace Puszka to discuss “Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation” (Orbis Books\, 2022). Written against the backdrop of the pandemic and America’s reckoning with growing poverty\, injustice and systemic racism\, this book is uniquely positioned to accompany us through the disillusionment and violence of trying times. It offers reflections\, stories\, and insights from Adam Bucko’s years of prayer and activism\, including in the streets with homeless and LGBTQ youth\, in new monastic communities across the world\, and as an Episcopal priest in an engaged contemplative community. \nIndeed\, Father Adam Bucko has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States and has authored “Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation” and co-authored “Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation” and “The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living.” \nCommitted to an integration of contemplation and just practice\, he cofounded an award-winning non-profit\, the Reciprocity Foundation\, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth living on the streets of New York City\, providing spiritual care\, developing programs to end youth homelessness\, and articulating a vision for spiritual mentoring in a post-religious world. He currently serves as a director of The Center for Spiritual Imagination at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City\, New York\, and is a member of “The Community of the Incarnation\,” a ‘new monastic’ community dedicated to democratizing the gifts of monastic spirituality and teaching contemplative spirituality\, in the context of hearing and responding to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth. \nWe’ll be live on Twitter\, Facebook and YouTube; register to join us on Zoom. \nFind us streaming live on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, Twitter\, or YouTube channels and register to join us on Zoom: \nRegister Here Now on Zoom or join us live on Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-radam-bucko/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240113T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240113T173000
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SUMMARY:Candlelight Prayer Vigil for a Ceasefire\, Saturday January 13th
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URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/candlelight-prayer-vigil-for-a-ceasefire-saturday-january-13th/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240113T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240113T130000
DTSTAMP:20260609T220203
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SUMMARY:Emergency Summit for Gaza: Jan 12 - 13
DESCRIPTION:Join Red Letter Christians this Friday and Saturday (1/12 & 1/13) virtually or in person as we join a chorus of witnesses in Chicago this week to protestify – to prophetically protest and testify to the nonviolence of Christ by calling for a ceasefire in Gaza to save lives and build peace. \nRed Letter Christians is proud to be partnering with Rainbow PUSH Coalition and many other partners to convene an Emergency Summit for Gaza in Chicago. \n \nWe will convene during MLK weekend to focus on ceasefire\, saving lives\, and building peace. \nLearn more and register to join us at bit.ly/summitforgaza.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/emergency-gaza-summit/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240101T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240101T100000
DTSTAMP:20260609T220203
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SUMMARY:Monthly Morning Prayer: First of 2024!
DESCRIPTION:Usher in the new year by joining us for January’s Monthly Morning Prayer with our dear guest Yousef AlKhouri. \nYousef identifies himself as a Christian Arab Palestinian. He was born in Gaza to a Christian family that has a long heritage of serving in the priesthood of the Greek Orthodox Church. \nHe is married to Merna and they live in Bethlehem\, Palestine. Yousef has written several poems in Arabic. In 2007\, he published his first poetry collection under the title “You are Not My Beloved.” \nIn addition to teaching at Bethlehem Bible College and lecturing to international groups on the Palestinian Israeli conflict\, Yousef is also involved in Christ at the Checkpoint Conference. He enjoys reading\, writing\, and teaching. He loves music\, nature\, and traveling. \nJoin him in conversation with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on 1 Jan 2024 at 9 AM ET! All are welcome; we’ll be live on all our socials! \nRegister to join on Zoom: Meeting Registration – Zoom \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nRegister to join on Zoom or join us on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/morning-prayer-january-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231223T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231223T120000
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SUMMARY:Christ in the Rubble: A Liturgy of Lament
DESCRIPTION:This Advent\, while global Christians prepare to commemorate the arrival of the Prince of Peace\, our Palestinian kin in Gaza suffer unthinkable violence. Their cries for deliverance\, echoing those of two millennia ago\, seem to be falling unheard in the United States. \n\nTo see their pain and hear their cries\, US Christians must move beyond information to transformation…from webinar to worship. \nOn 23 December 2023\, a number of organizations (Global Immersion\, Red Letter Christians\, Churches for Middle East Peace\, Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East\, and more) are joining forces in solidarity to simulcast a live worship gathering guided by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac and his team at Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem at 6 PM Bethlehem Time (11 AM ET/8 AM PT). \nCentral to this liturgy of lament will be their prophetic message that if Jesus was born today\, he would be born “under the rubble.” \n \n\n\nLet us know you’re coming and stay in touch with Red Letter Christians by filling out the form below.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/christ-in-the-rubble-liturgy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T130000
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
DESCRIPTION:Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb is founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem\, Palestine. Raheb is the most widely published Palestinian theologian to date\, including his Orbis books Faith in the Face of Empire and\, with Suzanne Henderson\, The Cross in Contexts: Suffering and Redemption in Palestine. He received the 2017 Tolerance Ring Award from the European Academy of Arts and Sciences\, the 2015 Olof Palme Prize\, the 2012 German Media Prize\, the 2006 International Mohammad Nafi Tschelebi Peace Award\, and the 2007 German Peace Award of Aachen. He holds a doctorate in theology from Philipps University\, Marburg\, Germany\, and an honorary doctorate from Concordia University\, Chicago. \nWe will be discussing his book “Decolonizing Palestine” challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts –Israel\, the land\, election\, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Decolonizing Palestine is a timely book that builds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights to place traditional theological themes within the wider socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by the modern nation-state of Israel. Written by a native Palestinian Christian theologian who continues to live in the region\, Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective that disrupts hegemonic and imperialist narratives about the region. \nHe will be in conversation with Shane Claiborne and we’ll also feature another important work of Dr. Mitri’s\, “Faith in the Face of Empire.” \nFind us streaming live on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, Twitter\, or YouTube channels and register to join us on Zoom: \nRegister Here Now or join us live on Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-rev-dr-mitri-raheb/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231211T200000
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SUMMARY:DECEMBER 11\, 2023 CHRISTMAS CEASEFIRE SERVICE
DESCRIPTION:Ceasefire Christmas Service\nIN SOLIDARITY WITH CHURCHES IN BETHLEHEM AND THE MIDDLE EAST FOLLOWED BY PRAYER AND PROTEST WALK\nfollowed by an optional Prayer & Protest\nWalk to the White House\nAll Are Welcome\nMonday\, December 11\, 2023\n6:00 PM EST\nThe New York Avenue Presbyterian Church\n1313 New York Avenue NW\nWashington\, DC 20005\n\n\n\n\nVirtual Option:  We will livestream the service to CMEP’s YouTube Page: @ChurchesforMEP\nRegister Here \nFor more information\, please visit the Churches for Middle East Peace website.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/dec-11-prayer-vigil/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T220203
CREATED:20231201T021547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240316T000914Z
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SUMMARY:December 3\, 2023 Protest at Scranton Bomb Factory
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Peaceful Protest seeking the stop of 57\,000 more 155mml shells being shipped to Israel from Scranton\nJoin others in seeking a Permanent Ceasefire \nFOR FURTHER INFORMATION:\nContact Jack Gilroy\, 607-239-9605\, jgilroy1955@gmail.com\n***Interviews available*** \nGOAL: EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF GENERAL DYNAMICS 155MM SHELL FACTORY IN SCRANTON\, PA \nOn Sunday\, December 3 at 12 Noon\, people from New York state\, Pennsylvania\, and beyond\, supporters of the Leahy Law will be invoked by United States citizens to close the General Dynamics 155 mm shell factory\, the largest manufacturer in the country\, at 156 Cedar Ave in Scranton\, Pa. \nA solemn funeral procession with people wearing white death masks and carrying shrouds of symbolic children will process along the main gate to the slaughterhouse as the names of the children are sung out. An Imam will pray with funeral verses chanted from the Quran. Members of the cortege will do a die-in blocking the main gate. \nNational Director of Veterans for Peace Mike Furner and National Veterans For Peace Board Member\, Nick Mottern\, will call for the shutting down of the General Dynamics factory and signs will be placed on the slaughterhouse fence proclaiming the violation of the Leahy Law.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/dec-3-protest-bomb-factory/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231202T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231202T123000
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SUMMARY:🕊️ Peace on Earth & the Politics of Christmas 🕊️
DESCRIPTION:The Alternative Seminary and\nKirkridge Retreat and Study Center Invite You\nCan we liberate Christmas from its cultural captivity and rediscover the truly prophetic story that speaks to the crises of our world today?\nPeace On Earth and the\nPolitics of Christmas\n\nA VIRTUAL PROGRAM\n\nSaturday morning\, December 2\, 2023\n10:30 am – 12:30 pm EST\nMuch of the Christian church in the United States has been co-opted by an American gospel of prosperity\, racism\, violence\, and militant nationalism. The celebration of Christmas is a victim of that co-optation: It is wrapped in innocent\, Hallmark-card imagery. But in fact\, the biblical texts describing the coming of Jesus are making powerful assertions about the politics of the Bible that speak very much to our contemporary global crises.  In this virtual program\, we will explore the “nativity narratives” in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke to see how they express core biblical themes of justice and liberation.  We will “un-domesticate” these stories and reflect on how they are truly challenging us to a revolutionary discipleship – an especially urgent need as we witness more violence in Jesus’ homeland. This program will be facilitated by Will O’Brien\, coordinator of The Alternative Seminary. A perfect event for Advent. \nRegistration is required.  The cost for the program is $20 donation (or whatever you can afford).Register today!   https://bit.ly/PoliticsofChristmas2023\nOur Facebook page is here.\nFor more information contact Will O’Brien at (267) 339-8989 or willobrien59@gmail.com\n\nThe Alternative Seminary is a program of biblical and theological study and reflection designed to foster an authentic biblical witness in the modern world. \nThe Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center is a progressive Christian and interfaith retreat center in the beautiful Pocono mountains just an hour and a half north of Philadelphia.  It has provided a place for rest and renewal to pilgrims along life’s journey. Our retreats\, our hospitality\, our gorgeous vistas\, and our sacred grounds have blessed\, and continue to bless\, countless lives.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/peace-on-earth-the-politics-of-christmas/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T143000
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SUMMARY:Hope for the Holy Land? A Space for Pastors to Ask Questions Imperfectly
DESCRIPTION:With all the violence and all the commentary on the crisis in Israel\, Gaza\, and the West Bank\, pastors are being called upon by their congregations to offer answers. \nYet where do our faith leaders go to ask their own questions…and to do so imperfectly? \nIn this session\, join Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME) leadership team members Dr. Jer Swigart (Global Immersion) and Dr. Rob Dalrymple (Determinetruth) in an unrecorded session for pastors and ministry leaders. \nTogether\, they’ll hold space for pastors and ministry leaders to be imperfect and incomplete in your curiosity and offer some scaffolding for how you can hold space like this for others. \nRegister for Connection Details \nFor more information\, please visit the Global Immersion website.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/hope-for-the-holy-land/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T070000
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SUMMARY:Morning Prayer with Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac\, Shane Claiborne\, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
DESCRIPTION:For December’s Monthly Morning Prayer we will be joined by a very special guest\, the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. \nMunther Isaac (PhD\, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies) is a Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian. He is the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine\, and director of the Christ at the Checkpoint conference. He is also pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem and is the author of “From Land to Lands\, from Eden to the Renewed Earth: A Christ-Centered Biblical Theology of the Promised Land” among others. \nJoin us in prayer and fellowship with Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac in conversation with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. \nWe will be live on all our socials; register to join us on Zoom here: Meeting Registration – Zoom \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nRegister to join on Zoom or join us on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/morning-prayer-december-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231126T200000
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Angela Tucker
DESCRIPTION:We are humbled to be joined by Angela Tucker as our book club guest in conversation with Diana Oestreich. \nTucker wears many hats: she is the CEO of the Adoptee Mentoring Society\, cultural commentator\, filmmaker\, podcast host\, inspiring speaker\, and author. Tucker is a transracial adoptee and is the Founder of The Adopted Life and the Adoptee Mentoring Society where she is challenging dominant adoption paradigms by centering adoptee voices in the mainstream. Tucker lives in Seattle Washington with her husband\, Bryan Tucker. \nHer new book\, You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race\, Identity and Transracial Adoption is the subject of the documentary Closure\, chronicling the search for Tucker’s biological family. The book centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories\, it is comprised of well-researched history and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees through sharing deeply personal stories\, well-researched history and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption\, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism\, classism\, family\, love\, and belonging. \nRegister Here Now or join us live on Facebook or YouTube.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-angela-tucker/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231120T193000
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SUMMARY:Churches for Middle East Peace White House Candlelight Prayer Vigil
DESCRIPTION:WHITE HOUSE CANDLELIGHT PRAYER VIGIL CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE AND END TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS\nCandlelight Prayer Vigil\nCeasefire Now!\nAll Are Welcome \nMonday\, November 20\, 2023\n6 p.m. – 7:30 pm ET \nLafayette Square\nWashington\, D.C. \nWhat: A candlelight prayer vigil led by national Christian leaders calling for a ceasefire and an end to all violence between Israel and Hamas. The speakers and sponsoring organizations are in agreement calling for a bilateral ceasefire\, immediate and adequate humanitarian assistance to Gaza\, and the release of hostages. All are welcome. \n* Please note: Flame candles are allowed but only with protectors.  \nWhen: Monday\, November 20\, 2023\, 6:00 PM EST \nWhere: Lafayette Square\, Washington\, D.C. \nWho: Speakers include: Bishop William J. Barber\, II\, Repairers of the Breach and Yale Center for Public Theology and Public Policy; The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde\, Bishop\, Episcopal Diocese of Washington; Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon\, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP); Shane Claiborne\, Red Letter Christians (RLC); Michelle Dunne\, Franciscan Action Network (FAN); Hassan El-Tayyab\, Friends Committee for National Legislation; Susan Gunn\, Maryknoll Office of Global Concern; Lisa Sharon Harper\, Freedom Road; Bridget Moix\, General Secretary\, Friends Committee for National Legislation (FCNL); Bishop Leila Ortiz\, Metropolitan Washington D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Rev. Adam Taylor\, Sojourners; Leslie Copeland Tune\, National Council of Churches (NCC); Ekemini Uwan\, Public Theologian. \nSponsoring Organizations: Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)\, Christian Church Disciples of Christ\, Christians for Social Action (CSA)\, Determinetruth\, Episcopal Diocese of Washington\, Evangelical4Justice (E4J)\, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America\, Franciscan Action Network (FAN)\, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)\, Maryknoll Office of Global Concern\, National Council of Churches (NCC)\, Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME)\, Presbyterian Church USA\, Red Letter Christians (RLC)\, Sojourners\, United Church of Christ (UCC). \nRegistration: https://cmep.org/event/candlelight-prayer-vigil/
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/white-house-prayer-vigil/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T200000
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SUMMARY:Faith Forum with Dr. Vonnetta L. West: Spiritual Formation and Nonviolent Organizing
DESCRIPTION:This special Red Letter Faith Forum will explore nonviolence as a spiritual discipline and provide key insights on how the application of nonviolent principles both affects our daily lives and effectuates social change. \nAbout the facilitator:\nVonnetta L. West wears many (commendable) hats. She is a Leadership Architect\, the CEO of Go West Consulting\, a Cultural Consultant\, Pastor of Our Neighbor’s House\, a Human Rights Advocate\, a podcast host\, a Content Officer and Senior Trainer with The Martin Luther King\, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center). She is also a self-described Love Monger and Good Neighbor. Vonnetta is an educator who has helped found a computer and professionalism school in Liberia\, West Africa\, where she resided for two years. Under her leadership\, Our Neighbor’s House is building an Educational Center in Liberia. \nAll are welcome! Join us on November 16th at 7pm ET live on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live. You can also register to join us in the Zoom room!
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/faith-forum-spiritual-formation-and-nonviolent-organizing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T100000
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SUMMARY:Morning Prayer with Robert P. Jones\, Shane Claiborne\, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
DESCRIPTION:Our November Monthly Morning Prayer guest is Robert P. Jones. He is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future (published September 5\, 2023)\, as well as White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity\, which won a 2021 American Book Award. He is also the author of The End of White Christian America\, which won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. \nJones writes regularly on politics\, culture\, and religion for The Atlantic\, TIME\, Religion News Service\, and other outlets. He is frequently featured in major national media\, such as CNN\, MSNBC\, NPR\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and others. Jones writes a weekly newsletter for those dedicated to the work of truth-telling\, repair\, and healing from the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity at www.whitetoolong.net.< \nHe holds a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University\, an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary\, and a B.S. in computing science and mathematics from Mississippi College. Jones was selected by Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2013\, and by Mississippi College’s Mathematics Department as Alumnus of the Year in 2016. \nJones serves on the national program committee for the American Academy of Religion and is a past member of the editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Religion\, and Politics and Religion\, a journal of the American Political Science Association. Jones served as CEO of PRRI from the organization’s inception in 2009 to 2022. Before founding PRRI\, he worked as a consultant and senior research fellow at several think tanks in Washington\, D.C.\, and was an assistant professor of religious studies at Missouri State University. \nWe are excited to have him join us in fellowship and in prayer. We will be live on all our socials; register to join us on Zoom: Meeting Registration – Zoom. \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nRegister to join on Zoom or join us on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/morning-prayer-november-2023/
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Kat Armas: "Sacred Belonging"
DESCRIPTION:“An invitation into a deep\, expansive\, and healing way of encountering Scripture” \nIn this 40-day devotional\, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways. \nHighlighting biblical passages that point toward decolonized themes centered on creation\, wisdom\, spirit\, the body\, and the feminine\, Armas helps us see how Scripture directs us to live a liberated faith–a faith where we belong to God\, the earth\, and one another. \n“What a delicious book. We are invited to taste and see biblical narratives with a new palate that decenters and decolonizes and disrupts limited ways of knowing.” -Rev. Dr. Jacqui J. Lewis\, senior minister\, Middle Church; author of Fierce Love \nAbout our Author Guest \nKat Armas (MDiv and MAT\, Fuller Theological Seminary)\, a Cuban American writer and speaker\, hosts The Protagonistas podcast\, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color\, including writers\, pastors\, church leaders\, and theologians. She is the author of Abuelita Faith and has written for Christianity Today\, Sojourners\, Relevant\, Christians for Biblical Equality\, Fuller Youth Institute\, Fathom magazine\, and Missio Alliance. Armas speaks regularly at conferences on race and justice and lives in Nashville\, Tennessee. \nJoin Red Letter Christians on Zoom with Kat Armas and Diana Oestreich on October 5th at 7 PM ET to take a deep dive into her book\, “Sacred Belonging“. \nRegister to join us on Zoom or join Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-kat-armas/
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SUMMARY:Morning Prayer with Shane Claiborne\, Alma Ruth\, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Monthly Morning Prayer on the 1st of October – we will be joined by special guest Alma Ruth\, Founder and Director of Practice Mercy Foundation in reflection and prayer with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove! \nWe’ll be live on all our socials at 9 am ET. Register to join us here: Meeting Registration – Zoom. \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nRegister to join on Zoom or join us on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/morning-prayer-october-2023/
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Andrew Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.\nAndrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book\, he shares his journey andreveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. \nWhitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power\, fear\, and violence. He uses two key examples – racism and xenophobia – to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories\, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward. \nAndrew Whitehead’s latest book “American Idolatry” published by Brazos Press\, encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens\, how to face it\, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context. \nJoin Red Letter Christians on Zoom with Andrew Whitehead and Shane Claiborne on September 28th at 7 PM ET to take a deep dive into his newest book\, “American Idolatry“. \nRegister to join us on Zoom or join Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-andrew-whitehead/
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SUMMARY:Morning Prayer with Shane Claiborne and Dr. S. Todd Yeary
DESCRIPTION:For September’s Monthly Morning Prayer\, we are absolutely delighted to be joined by Dr. S. Todd Yeary. \nHe is Chair\, Board of Directors at RLC and serves as the senior pastor of the Douglas Memorial Community Church\, a Covenant Congregation\, and is an adjunct professor in the College of Public Affairs at the University of Baltimore. \nAdditionally\, Dr. Yeary serves as the chief executive officer of DMCC’s two community development corporations – Douglas Memorial Community Church Village and Camp Farthest Out. Dr. Yeary’s social justice work includes serving on the national board of National Action Network\, in the immediate past with Political Action\, Co-Chair for the Maryland State Conference NAACP\, as co-founding principal of Community Churches for Community Development\, Inc.\, and as a former steering committee member of OneBaltimore\, Baltimore City’s collaborative public-private coordinating organization. \nDr. Yeary is a founding principal and policy director of SALT (Strategic Advocacy and Legislative Thinktank)\, a faith-based public policy collaborative that works on regional and national empowerment strategies impacting the African American community. Dr. Yeary often provides commentary\, public testimony\, and insight on a variety of public policy and leadership concerns\, and he has presented in a variety of forums. \nDr. Yeary holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from National-Louis University\, a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary\, and the Graduate Certificate in African Studies in addition to the Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) in the area of Religion in Society and Personality from Northwestern University. Dr. Yeary is also member of the 2012 class of the Board of Preachers of the Martin Luther King\, Jr. College of Preachers and Laity of Morehouse College. \nWe are delighted to have him with us in prayer and fellowship along with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Shane Claiborne. \nWe’ll be live on all our socials at 9 am ET. Register to join us here: Meeting Registration – Zoom. \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free! \nRegister to join on Zoom or join us on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/morning-prayer-september-2023/
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Mark Beckwith\, "Seeing the Unseen"
DESCRIPTION:A bishop and gun safety activist offers a way forward from opposing viewpoints. \nInstead of dismissing those whose views and experiences are different from our own\, the author argues that we must look directly at them and see the goodness that is inherent in all things. From the language we use to the imperative to understand and include\, we have a duty to work through opposition and build community. \nBishop Beckwith describes it this way: “We are trained to think\, yet the cultural emphasis on thinking has not be applied to our ability to see . . . We are not as well trained in seeing the world’s fullness—pain and joy\, compassion and cruelty. We regularly receive glimpses of pain and joy\, but they are often presented in such a way as to reinforce our thinking.” \nOrdained in the Episcopal Church in 1979\, Mark Beckwith served parishes in Connecticut\, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Elected Bishop of Newark (NJ)\, he served in that capacity for twelve years until his retirement in 2018. As an active bishop\, he helped reorganize the Coalition of Religious Leaders of New Jersey and served as President. In the wake of gang violence in Newark\, he helped found the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace. With a local Rabbi and Imam from that coalition\, he appeared several times on Morning Joe\, and did two PBS interview shows hosted by Jon Meacham. The three of them co-hosted A Matter of Faith\, a NJ Public TV show that focused on local issues. He currently serves as the Bishop Liaison for Bishops United Against Gun Violence\, a network of 100 bishops he co-founded after the Newtown\, Ct. killings in 2012. He is the co-founder of Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence\, a national ecumenical group of diverse religious leaders. He has been part of the leadership team for Braver Angels\, a national movement that seeks to depolarize America. He is the author of Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices\, Paradigms and Party Lines (Morehouse Publishing\, 2022). He offers spiritual direction and coaching for clergy. A graduate of Amherst College and Yale Divinity School\, he lives in Jaffrey\, New Hampshire. His passion is to invite people to look beyond and beneath their political and theological positions\, which in today’s climate of polarization can be overly confining and find hope and blessing – and a way forward. \nJoin Red Letter Christians on Zoom with Mark Beckwith and Shane Claiborne on August 27th at 7 PM ET to take a deep dive into his newest book\, “Seeing the Unseen“. \nRegister to join us on Zoom or join Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, YouTube\, or website live.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-mark-beckwith/
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