faith – Page 4 – Red Letter Christians

A New Chapter in the American Experiment

November 9, 2020

So today, let us celebrate. And tomorrow, let us organize. We are still in a battle for the soul of our nation, and for the soul of our faith. This election is not the finish line. It is the starting line. We now get to create the next chapter of American history together.

I’m Drinking Coffee With Jesus

Alexandra Lopez Jimenez

October 15, 2020

Family and Parenting, General, Global

Maybe with time things would have worked themselves out but I didn’t wait, I didn’t suffer through it. I bought the coffee and every morning I pressed the grounds down with my fears and filled an empty Wonder Woman mug with that hot drink.

Faith Is on the Ballot: A Call for the Latino Vote

Elizabeth Rios

October 14, 2020

General, Politics, Race

That should matter to Latinos especially as a community that is more collective than individualists. One that cares for family forever and where strangers become family over a cup of cafecito.

When Hope is Poisoned by Despair

Susan Smith

September 15, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Race

The killing of black men by police is a relentless beating against the souls and the spirits of people who believe in justice and who operate in hope. But with each assault, those same spirits become more and more wounded.

Jesus Isn’t on the Ballot. That Doesn’t Mean Christians Can Opt Out.

Shane Claiborne

September 14, 2020

General, Politics, Theology

We had some solid ideas for serious change in America back then. Like putting the Amish in charge of Homeland Security and melting all of our weapons into garden tools and enacting the biblical year of Jubilee, where property is redistributed and financial debts are forgiven. We were dead serious about some of those ideas (and still are). A lot has changed