If you had to hole up somewhere for months, or even years, what would you need? University Lutheran Chapel in Berkeley began preparing a room last summer for an undocumented individual or couple who face final deportation orders and wanted to take sanctuary within its walls. The Spiritual Edge's Judy Silber spoke with Rev. Jeff Johnson and asked him to describe the space. "We know that churches, … [Read more...]
A spiritual haven for African refugees in Kansas City
Mid-February in Kansas City is usually a time for sweaters and scraping ice off your windshield. Not really when you'd expect to be firing up an air pump to inflate a kiddie pool. But the pool, if it holds air and water, may have a higher calling. … [Read more...]
Oakland pastor turns the tables on church homophobia
SEPT. 19, 2016—If you’re familiar with Black churches you know they’re lively and uplifting places. That’s how San Francisco native Yvette Flunder remembers hers. At the Pentecostal Church she grew up in, she recalls pastors and church leaders who were tender and kind and understanding. That is, until one topic came up. … [Read more...]
