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Archive for the ‘Social Justice’ Category
Fourth of July Frustrations
It's Independence Day in America, but is a patriotic party appropriate in church? Three reasons why you might want to tone down the Fourth of July festivities.
Church Communication Hero: Anne Frank
“Sometimes I very much doubt whether in the future anyone will be interested in all my tosh.” How wrong Anne Frank was.
Church Communication Hero: Frederick Douglass
A slave, turned free man, turned abolitionist used a holiday address to get in the faces of his oppressors. In this address, we find church communications gold.
101 Women Speakers
Remember that throwdown last month about gender diversity at Christian conferences? Rachel Held Evans created a list of 101 women speakers.
Mother Teresa on Mission
"Stay where you are. Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely right there where you are."
Friday Flogging: Christmas Lights Gone Wrong
A Christmas light display featuring the flogging of Jesus? You can't make that up. Plus new U2, Pope Francis, reality TV, wise words from Jon Acuff and Instagram video tips.
Walking a Mile: How We Help Matters
A church in Florida collected 700 shoes for a local homeless shelter. That's cool. But is it the best way to help? We explore the importance of how we communicate.
It’s a Friday Collection of Goodies
Time for some Friday afternoon "research": Gender & crowdsourcing fights, social media goodies, face-palms galore, typographic treats and some photographic fun.
Church Communication Hero: Pauli Murray
A writer, teacher, lawyer and priest, Pauli Murray refused to be categorized. She broke racial and gender barriers and was truly a woman before her time.
3 Lessons From the Civil Rights Movement
Designer Bobby Martin shares three simple lessons for churches from the civil rights movement: Document everything, no more committees and keep messaging straight-forward and direct.
The March on Washington 50 Years Later
We talk with a group of church communicators about the civil rights movement on the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington.
The March on Washington, Racism & Church Diversity With Trillia Newbell
On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington we talk with Trillia Newbell about racism, diversity and the church.
Church Communication Hero: Oscar Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero spoke out against government-sponsored violence and injustice, stood up for the poor and championed a courageous gospel in El Salvador during the late 1970s.
Pope Francis: Go to the Outskirts
"We need to go out to the outskirts where there is suffering, bloodshed, blindness that longs for sight, and prisoners in thrall to many evil masters."
Church Communication Hero: The Work of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. took action: “One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.”
