Third John reminds us that profound acts of love can be hidden within simple gestures of hospitality, a kind of hospitality that is desperately needed in a cult...
The problem with racial reconciliation
Trailer for the book Black & White.
Authors Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick talk about what it means to form a real and authentic cross-racial friendship.
Authors Teesha and John Hambrick discuss how strong cross-racial relationships can help us to recognize and begin to combat the destructive systems of racism.
In Matthew 7, Jesus teaches about "planks and specks." How does this come into our conversations about race in this country?
Jesus was clear when he told us to love our enemies (Luke 6:27). In fact, He said that people would know we are His disciples by the way that we love (John 13:3...
Author and pastor, Chris McNair describes his ministry at Christ’s Children and the purpose of the book, Not Forsaken. He shares his joys and mistakes in min...
Through moving images of an African Jesus, viewers think more deeply about what Christ “looks like”. Imagine if he looked like me?
The young men in Chris McNair’s youth group talk together about what it means to be a man and what a godly man is like.
This art piece, drawn from chapter five of the book portrays images of what it means to be faithful in an urban, sometimes turbulent, setting.
The young men talk with McNair about their dreams, where they see hope, and what it means to be happy and to be successful in life.
In this fast-paced collage, youth struggle with how to fit in with society, with friends and community, and with the community of faith.
Chris talks with his group about what it means to be black today and what they love about black culture and family life as well as the struggles.
A spoken word presenting poetry by Jamal Ukwu asks about choices, identity, and finding God’s plan for who we are.
Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...
Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this session, Jacob and ...
Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Jacob and ...
The bible and race in America
In this short narrated meditation, the view explores the beauty of nature and the peace found from knowing God holds the future.
Otherness, race, and the American challenge
How would Martin Luther King view today's faith activists? Professor Obery Hendricks, Professor Josef Sorett and Rabbi Steve Gutow say that King, the standard b...
In Session 3, In order to explain the difficulty of recognizing systemic racism, Matt Rawle uses how a choir stays in tune to show how easy it is for a system t...
In Session 1, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Saved by the Other.
In Session 2, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss The Other, My Enemy.
In Session 3, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Learning to Fear Like Christians.
In Session 5, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Jesus, The Other.
A playground incident leads to forgiveness.
A boy finds healing after a tragic loss.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in a land of deep darkness, on them light has shined. This is the good news according...
Sorry Reformers, but the distinction between faith and works is a false one. Faith is an active participation in the Reign of God, a tree firmly planted in the ...
This inspirational film shows the struggle of every day people trying to look for fulfillment in the wrong places. It describes what Jesus did for us and inspir...
We have been given the Light of God to share with others. Our light can shine on the truth that the darkness tries to hide. This will inspire and motivate your ...
A young man realizes while walking into an empty church, that the church is just a building. He realizes that stained glass windows can’t pray for the si...
This animation features video of the cosmos with the first five verses of John 1 from the Common English Bible.
The hard work of justice for everyone is far from over. Use this motivational and inspiring mini-movie to challenge your community to open their eyes to the nee...
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., talks about his most profound memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- King's "faith to believe" as he waited, far from friends and fam...
Robert Gardner discusses what the world could use a little more of: Love.
We have a natural tendency to label and categorize everything in our lives, including the people around us. But those labels can divide us within the Kingdom, i...
Ferguson, Missouri, is again in the news the subsequent shooting of two police officers as crowds gathered outside Ferguson Police Station Thursday March 12th, ...
Texas is the first U.S. state to reach a grim milestone- they recently executed their 500th prisoner since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a moratorium on the dea...
Race, says The Rev. Dr. James Forbes, is used to define who is worthy of existence; and racism is genocide; and a slow process of extermination.
Session 4: Openhearted Love - Tom speaks with Rev. Lindsey Baynham regarding race relations and learning to love with an open heart. They also speak on Christ l...
Warning: Contains explicit and disturbing language. Anti-blackness, oppression, and the dehumanization of black bodies.
In a cynical world, it's love that compels us to believe. Some People encourages us to imagine what kind of place the church could be if we see every person as ...
Diverse individuals read The Beatitudes from the Common English Bible with additional footage of people depicting the qualities and struggles of this important ...
Session 1: Where is Justice?
Session 2: Who Is Your Family?
Session 3: What Is Freedom?
Session 4: Who Deserves Our Respect?
Session 5: How Much Is Enough?
Session 6: How Can We Be Whole?
Retired NYPD Chaplain Suzan Johnson Cook, speaks about the particular struggles of a mother preparing her sons to grow up as young black men in the United Stat...
See Rueben Job's Three Simple Rules presented in moving text and graphics.
American religion in black and white
In Session 2: Crime, Racism, Terrorism, and Politics, Adam Hamilton explores the question of how we overcome our fears of other people. He discusses strategies ...
We are family. We are community, We are relationships. We grieve. We support. We Celebrate. We are the Church.
We do justice. We love kindness. We walk humbly with God. We empower. We serve. We are called. We are the Church.
History and the social construct of race
Race, gender, and the intersecting nature of oppression
With You (I Feel Again) - reflects on how easy it is to be lonely in a crowd. Set to the platinum hit single "Feel Again" by One Republic (used by permission), ...
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