'How can a religious person make sense of the many evil things that happen in the world, from the Holocaust and Joseph Stalin’s labor camps to Putin’s ongoing war against Ukraine?' buff.ly/3wNebll

'Adopting a womanist approach frees us to view the world from the vantage point of those who most acutely feel its burdens — a view that allows us to find the cure instead of simply addressing the symptoms.' buff.ly/3FHjQdV

You can look back in history and criticize Christians for failing to follow Jesus during some of the world’s darkest moments, but today’s Christians will also be judged according to their actions, writes Stephen Mattson. (2016) buff.ly/3VdW81n

'One Life' tells the story of Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who rescued more than 600 Jewish refugee children in the year before World War II. buff.ly/4dMiI8e

'Perhaps God gasps when we do, cheers on a great play, and maybe even sighs after a terrible call. Maybe God receives the glory from the winning side while simultaneously comforting the losing team.' buff.ly/3VbBrTx

How communities can leverage the five key pillars of early warning systems to transform violence into peace. buff.ly/3yFncxp

'Sober Spirituality' allows nuance toward drinking while outlining its real bodily and spiritual dangers, writes Jenna Barnett. buff.ly/3XxJBFt

'Nuclear weapons development prepared the way for a sort of inertial acceptance of mass extermination of not just the human species but also the whole ecosphere, or ecocide.' buff.ly/3HZX1D5

“In ABC’s workplace comedy #AbbottElementary , Barbara Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph) provides one example of what it looks like for Black Christian women to live out their faith in their everyday lives...”

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'That is a piece of my struggle with this quarter. 'St. Pauli' certainly is a saint, but I want Pauli to remain whole and human. I don’t want them to be deified or objectified.' buff.ly/3V33vbL

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In ABC’s workplace comedy 'Abbott Elementary,' Barbara Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph) provides one example of what it looks like for Black Christian women to live out their faith in their everyday lives, Deirdre Jonese Austin writes. buff.ly/3WUyVSX

Between fundamentalism and unhealthy drinking, Erin Jean Warde is working toward a sober-minded relationship with alcohol. buff.ly/3yuyzIE

'Is there evidence that humanistic efforts alone result in safe, ethical AI, free from the injustices that result from the age-old human pursuit of privilege, power, and profit?' buff.ly/3M1k1UV

'Air, water, soil, our social and political institutions — there is a kind of dynamic interplay between all of these things that determine history.' buff.ly/3dNqYLr

'Forgiveness is not a momentary impulse achieved, or a chosen denial of reality. Forgiveness is often not reconciliation. Forgiveness is the hard way to freedom.' buff.ly/3C0wYK2

'It’s so easy to make an idol out of AI, and we do what the prophets warn us about when we put AI in a position where it makes decisions for us and where it’s making decisions about other people’s lives.' buff.ly/47Wu7iU

Barbara Howard is the cool church aunt who knows her scriptures, but won’t beat you over the head with them. buff.ly/3WUyVSX

In this week's edition of The Reconstruct, Erin Jean Warde, author of 'Sober Spirituality,' discusses sobriety, mindfulness, how racism and classism affect society’s views of alcohol among other substances, and the beauty of spiritual disciplines. buff.ly/3yuyzIE

'Drag ministry is the next tangible step in queer theology. It shows how religious deconstruction and reclamation is not always a private, devastating process; sometimes deconstruction is a bedazzled, joyous, communal happening,' writes Emma Cieslik. buff.ly/3wDu0Ly