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How It's Going Down Under
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The convergence of several very interesting situations in recent weeks in Australia reveals the complexity of the institutional responses of churches to child ...
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"The Invisible War" Goes On
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The invisible war of sexual assault of female and male military personnel by their fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines continues even as the U.S. ...
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In the Bleak Midwinter
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My favorite hymn of the season is “In the Bleak Midwinter” written by the English poet Christina Rossetti in 1872. It begins by describing the environs that we ...
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Mary E. Hunt Honored by Harvard Divinity School
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Our friend and colleague, Dr. Mary E. Hunt, has been recognized as one of six recipients of the annual Peter J. Gomes Honors from Harvard Divinity School. Dr. ...
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Domestic Terror: A State of Intense Fear Related to Household or Family
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Here are two current events that, when juxtaposed, caught my interest. Changing social norms is getting harder, not easier. “In revealing the decision points ...
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Put Your Activism To Work Right Now
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The New York Times is right on this one. If politicians are serious about fixing the perception that they don’t understand or care about women, they would do ...
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Dear Pope: Are We Talking?
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I’m so glad you seem to be finding my advice helpful as you move to respond to the growing crisis over sexual abuse in the church. Your comments this week ...
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Rev. Dr. Katie Cannon, Colleague and Sister in Faith
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FaithTrust Institute mourns the death of Rev. Dr. Katie Cannon. We have lost a colleague and sister in faith whose contributions are now foundational to ...
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Keep Praying...
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The 200 plus girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria are not home yet. Despite efforts by Nigerian military, U.S. military, and the United Nations, ...
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The Marriage Antidote to Domestic Violence?
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I had trouble keeping up this past week. We saw a barrage of commentary in response to a troubling Op-Ed published in the Washington Post on Wednesday. In an ...
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The Message or the Messenger: A Question of Legacy
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The recent death of Joshu Sasaki Roshi and the publication of an extensive article on John Howard Yoder raise once again the contradiction of beneficial ...
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Getting It Right? Part 2: Keep Trying
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Every day seems to bring a new chapter in the National Football League's drama of discovering the urgency of addressing domestic violence in its ranks. Team ...
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Julie Owens Featured in Charlotte Magazine
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One of FaithTrust Institute's favorite people has been featured in Charlotte Magazine for the work she's doing to protect domestic violence survivors and ...
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“Guns Don’t Kill People . . .”
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“Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” This National Rifle Association (NRA) answer to any suggestion of gun control is only partially true. The fact is ...
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The Church of College Football
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A former defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky (a priest in the Church of College Football), has been arrested and charged ...
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Not Done Yet -- The US Violence Against Women Act Since 1994
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This month is the 15th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the U.S.
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The Elders Name Religious Tradition and Practice as Sources of Harm to Women and Girls
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“. . . we believe that the justification of discrimination against women and girls on grounds of religion or tradition, as if it were prescribed by a higher ...
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In Memoriam: Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger (1925–2011)
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We have lost another friend and colleague this week.
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A Trip Downunder
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You may have noticed that the Blog has been quiet for the past few weeks. That is because I just returned from a trip to Australia where I was the guest of ...
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An Old Tree Has Fallen
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In the forest, when an old tree comes to the end of its life, a strong wind may topple it. As it lies on the ground, slowly releasing its life energy, it ...
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Premature Forgiveness
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Dear Pope Francis: I want to commend you for owning the painful fact of sexual abuse of children by priests as part of your Good Friday comments. Lent is ...
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How to Begin to Apologize
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Early this year, the Archbishop of Dublin and the Archbishop of Boston, presided over “A Liturgy of Lament and Repentance.” The service was offered for the ...
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Reflection on Christmas: The Irrational Season
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In a well-known poem, the writer Madeleine L’Engle describes Advent as “the irrational season/when love blooms bright and wild.” I love this idea. It flies in ...
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Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune in Washington Post
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Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune, founder and senior analyst of FaithTrust Institute, was interviewed by Bob Smietana of the Washington Post for an article on domstic ...
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Resource: UCC Discussion Guide to "Spotlight"
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The United Church of Christ (UCC), in collaboration with FaithTrust Institute, has created a discussion guide to address the serious issues for faith ...
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Hymn for Ending Intimate Partner Violence
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Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a contemporary master hymn writer, has written a hymn called "God of Love, We've Heard the Teaching" inspired by a FaithTrust ...
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Hymn for Ending Intimate Partner Violence
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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“As gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses, an argument is taking shape: Arming female students will help reduce sexual ...
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How Many? How Long?
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This might sound like the start of a bad joke: What do a theologian (John Howard Yoder) and a comedian (Bill Cosby) have in common? More than you might ...
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“’Hope’ Is the Thing With Feathers”
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I have been watching the live cam coverage of the eagles’ nest in Decorah, Iowa, since early March along with thousands of others. This pair of eagles returns ...
