justice Archives

Sharing pandemic voices of hope in Peru

Posted June 2nd, 2020

Throughout these times of quarantine, I have found myself singing more — children’s English and Spanish songs with our 2-year-old son, Leandro. These are songs I remember from high school and university choir, hymns, my mom’s songs or just humming random tunes. If I’m honest, my singing is not always an expression of joy.

Justice through a child’s eyes

Posted April 27th, 2020

We were walking back to the car after dropping off Christmas cards at the post office. My 7-year-old son skipped as he held my hand. Without changing his movement, he asked how much money I had in my purse. I told him I didn’t know and asked why. Down the street, a handful of children experiencing homelessness had set up a camp on the sidewalk. Mattresses, cardboard, shopping carts and belongings were pushed around chaotically 10 yards from our car.

A new response to challenges

Posted April 20th, 2020

We follow leaders who are more interested in pointing out who are enemies are rather than asking what kind of people we are.

Survival checklist

Posted March 25th, 2020

He drives up the Philadelphia Turnpike for his semi-annual appointment with the allergist, and sneezes. Not unusual for this time of year. Should he, a senior, be nervous? He’s not anxiety-prone, but with the advancing virus constantly in the news, how can he not have dying at the back of his mind? “Am I as ready as I can be for whatever comes?” he ponders.

Demanding a just economy

Posted March 23rd, 2020

A call to embrace a just and compassionate economic system that embodies God’s vision of hope for all people.

Presbyterian group explores the experiences of migration in Central American journey

Posted March 3rd, 2020

A group of 24 Presbyterians and guests traveled to Central America in the past two weeks with the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program to learn more about the conditions in Latin American countries that make people choose to travel, usually on foot, to the United States border for the faint hope of a better life in the U.S. They also heard from migrants who had been returned to their home countries and the perils they faced after they returned.

Presbyterian campus ministry group makes a commitment to Matthew 25

Posted February 28th, 2020

The Presbyterian Campus Ministry at the University of Georgia (UGA) is not new. It’s been around since 1940 and housed in the current space since 1959, which served as a safe space for African American students during the tumultuous 1960s.

New Just Worship documentary explores deep connection between justice and worship

Posted February 27th, 2020

Do you love Jesus? Or are you more into the social gospel?

No more complicity with sexual violence

Posted January 21st, 2020

There were tears in her eyes, as I’d expected there might be, and also an expression that seemed to say, “Thank you,” as her gaze met mine. Thank you for giving voice to the pain and injustice, for naming the complicity. Thank you for seeing me.

Epiphany is at the heart of discipleship

Posted January 3rd, 2020

The medieval church in the 4th century set Dec. 25 as Christmas Day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In the years that followed, the church expanded the celebration of Christmas to a 12-day festival, running from Dec. 25 to Jan. 6, the observance of Epiphany. For Presbyterians, Epiphany is key to our discipleship of Jesus in the world God so loves.