This throwback photo gallery the AJC posted this week is so great on so many levels. It’s from an age before social media, before everyday internet access — a time when the means for communicating were much simpler, and sometimes bolder. And seeing this gallery during Eastertide makes even more sense to me. Yup, it’s
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On Tuesday I attended the launch of Outcry, a Georgia interfaith organization against gun violence. In case you’re not aware, the deadliest predator in America is a gun-toting American. Here are some bracing facts courtesy of Americans for Responsible Solutions: Gun violence is a complex problem – but one reason we have such a high
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Maybe it’s a good thing the Georgia General Assembly only meets for about one-quarter of the year. Because when the legislative session is over, at least we know we can take a decent break from such political tomfoolery as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, whose poster children ended up being the self-righteous bakers and pizza
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On Tuesday I joined hundreds of other souls at the state Capitol to rally against the “religious liberty” bill making its way through the current legislative session — a bill that is clearly designed to be red meat for the conservative base. And by that I mean: It’s a distraction from the real issues the
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With the scheduled — and now postponed — executions of Kelly Gissendaner and Brian Keith Terrell in the headlines this Lenten season, I can’t help but wonder how many of the people who support state-sponsored killing are participating in the ages-old Christian ritual of “giving up something for Lent” that amounts to forgoing sweets, or
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It was with heavy hearts this week that we saw God call home our brother and a true prince of the city, Wilton Hugh “Wolf” Thomas. Here are two nice tributes to a man who was our friend, a pillar of our church, and a blessed sherpa of sorts for so many who found themselves on
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All I can say about the movie “Selma” is that it ought to be mandatory viewing in every high school in the country. And there are a million reasons why. But mainly, the civil rights movement is now so far in the rearview mirror that we have generations of young people who have no idea
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The Easter Sunrise Service at the Church Without Walls in Atlanta’s Candler Park at 6:34am on April 5th caps the 2015 Holy Week and Lenten observance for Gentle Spirit Christian Church, which includes:
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I’ll never forget the man who poured water all over my carefully orchestrated homeless ministry in Little Five Points. We had collected bibles and made sack lunches and were distributing them in Findley Plaza. Not that we were evangelizing — we just knew that there are people on the streets who take comfort in the
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Fair warning to you who are about to read this: It’s written with an “R” rating. It’s not sugar-coated, mealy-mouthed or any of the other indirect, passive-aggressive things you might expect from a pastor. In fact, I’m feeling quite aggressive. Maybe I’m about to exercise my “aggressive liberty”. Now, if that term doesn’t make sense
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