Issues of Social Justice Before the 222nd General Assembly
Post GA222 Reflections
- From Confession to Confession: The Adoption of Belhar and the Public Naming of Abuse, Rev. Renee Roederer
- When Just War is Just Not Working: Discerning Peace in the 21st Century, Rev. Geoff Browning
- Recovering from the General Assembly: Thoughts on Who We Are as the PC(USA) and What that Might Mean Going Forward, Rachael Eggebeen
- Through the Lens of Belhar: The General Assembly Acts for Justice and Liberation in Palestine and Israel, Bill Plitt
- From Palestine to Portland: Working for Peace in the Middle East at the 222nd General Assembly, Jessie Light
- Our Bodies, Our Faithful Choices, Mara Sawdy
- “All We Want Is Peace”: Discerning Peace in the 21st Century Part II, Rev. Geoff Browning
- There Is Such a Thing as Being Too Gentle: Watering Down the LGBTQ/Q Apology Overture at GA222, Brooklynn Smith
- Except on Palestine?, Noushin Framke
Live Bloggers at #GA222
- Welcoming the Stranger in Christ: Being the Church of Matthew 25, Elizabeth Welliver
- The Gospel is Intersectional: Considering the Foothills Presbytery Overtures, Rev. Renee Roederer
- Making GA Accessible for All: Dependent Care, Rev. Jacob Bolton
- Apology Isn’t a Sexy Word, Rev. Rachel Helgeson
- Divestment: Loving Creation and Each Other with Our Whole Selves, Rev. Abby Mohaupt
- We Need Inclusive Peacemaking in 12-06, Rev. Dr. Ray Roberts
Opening Sermon
- “And Still We Are Not Saved?”: A Season Yet to Come, Pentecost Sermon by Rev. Kevin Johnson
Confession of 1967 and Belhar
- Race, Remembrance, and the New Charge, Interview with Dr. Gayraud S. Wilmore (previously featured in racism issue)
- 30 Days with Belhar, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
Environmental Issues
- Divesting from the Sins of Our Past, Benjamin Perry
- A Response to “Divesting from the Sins of Our Past”, Ron Spross of Faithful Alternatives
- Fossil Fuel Divestment: Strengthening Our Response to an Urgent Crisis, Colleen Earp and Rev. Abby Mohaupt of Fossil Free PC(USA)
- Emission Responsibility Through Investment: Creating Criteria for Corporate Engagement and Environmental Responsibility, Rev. Kerri Allen and Dr. Steve Webb of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment
- General Assembly: Family Reunion and Care for the Earth, Rev. Rebecca Barnes
Racism and the Legacy of Colonialism
- Call to Confession: Race, White Privilege, and the Church, 2016 Issue of Unbound
- Discovering the Doctrine of Discovery, Rev. Byron Buck
- To First Peoples: More Than An Apology, Katharine Masterton of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
- I Can’t Breathe: Showing Up For Racial Justice in Portland, Rev. Tara Wilkins
“The Way Forward”: Social Justice and Social Witness
- Muzzling the Word of God: A Response to the Foothills Presbytery Overtures, Benjamin Perry
- Read All the Coverage of the Foothills Debate in the Presbyterian Outlook
- A Response to the Foothills Presbytery from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP)
- Social Witness of the Church: Commentary on Foothills Overture #1, Rev. Dr. Ray Roberts
Middle East Issues
- For a Just Peace in Israel Palestine, Statement by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
- To Break the Shackles: Palestinian Children and Israeli Military Detention, Brad Parker
- The Israel/Palestine Mission Network Responds to ‘Two States for Two Peoples’
- The Presbyterian Church and Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions, Dr. Donald Mead
- ACSWP Responds to PMEP “Rebuttal” of Just Peace Report, Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy
Peacemaking and International Issues
- One Year After: US and Cuba Relations, Rev. Daniel Izquierdo
- New Hopes and Realities in Cuban-American Relations: A Nuevo Momento, summary by Pat Metcalf
- Cuba Evolving, Rev Dr. Linda Eastwood
- The Role of the PC(USA) in Ending the AIDS Crisis, Dr. David Barstow
- Risking Peace in a Violent World: A Challenge to the Church, Dr. Belle Miller McMaster
- Russia, Ukraine, and the West: A Question of Identity, Rev. Sara Dorrien-Christians
- Heartbreak and Hope in the Congo, Anne Crane
- The Crisis With ISIS: Poster-Cult for Just War, Dr. Edward Long
Social Justice on the Domestic Front
- Breaking Good: Addiction, Drug Policy, and the Body of Christ, 2015 Issue of Unbound
- A View from the Inside/Outside: Watching the PC(USA)’s Task Force to Review and Help Reform Drug Policy in the United States, Dr. J. Bryan Page
- Apologies Are Healthy, and This One is Deserved, Rev. Will McGarvey
- We Shall Not Be Moved: Advocacy in the New Age of Voter Suppression, Mara Sawdy and Nora Leccese
- The Boycott of Wendy’s and Advocating Together to End Exploitation in Supply Chains, Gerardo Reyes Chavez
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