New Sermonic Film: Letter to My Son
https://youtu.be/qM3vSuBprK8 The genesis of this sermonic film from Rev. Moss comes from Letter to My Son, a short film of the same name written by Pastor Moss in 2017 and produced by the Trinity UCC Media Team under our new creative enterprise, Unashamed Media Group (UMG). The issues that inspired that “talk” to his son, Elijah, […]
Volunteers load boxes and bags of food into residents’ cars from the Greater Chicago Food Depository
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Volunteers load boxes and bags of food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository for residents in vehicles in the parking lot of Trinity United Church of Christ on May 1, 2020. Approximately 500 boxes of […]
5 faith moments to watch for in Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities really mean (RNS) — Beyoncé’s visual album “Black Is King,” released Friday (July 31) on Disney+, brings to life the music of her 2019 album, “The Lion King: The Gift.” “Black […]
How changing one word in church could radically transform America
When it comes to their kids, these parents say they will do all the teaching. Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit (CNN) People keep asking of the ongoing wave of racial reckoning, “Is this moment different?” No wonder. Daily, public actions […]
Fed up with racism, more Black parents are homeschooling their children
When it comes to their kids, these parents say they will do all the teaching. Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit The practice of homeschooling has been steadily on the rise across the United States over the past two decades. Black […]
THE BLACK FAITH LEADERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit EVERY CONGREGATION ADDRESSING AFRICAN AMERICANS MUST HAVE A HEALTH MINISTRY. In 1989, Dr. Pernessa Seele, in her new position as an immunologist at Harlem Hospital, started witnessing her patients die of HIV/AIDS with no clergy […]
Why Black Christians are bracing for a ‘whitelash’
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit (CNN)Trillia Newbell, a Christian author, had just delivered a talk in Jackson, Tennessee, when a White man approached her. Newbell, who is Black, had spoken about imago Dei — the idea that all humans, of all races, […]
NY Church to Devote $200,000 to ‘Reparations’ with Housing Help, Anti-Racism Training
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit (RNS) — A historic New York City church has decided to devote $200,000 — about a tenth of its budget — to provide housing assistance and youth anti-racism training. Jacqueline Lewis, the African American leader […]
Black Americans report hate crimes, violence in wake of George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter gains
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Whites are more likely to think police behave fairly — and so their suspects are probably culpable. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets, both […]
Black Americans support the Floyd protests. Whites are divided. Here’s why.
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Whites are more likely to think police behave fairly — and so their suspects are probably culpable. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets, both […]