More Than Thank You: Supporting Veterans
Today, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day in the United States. It’s the anniversary of the official end to World War I, known as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day elsewhere in the world. It’s a day to say thank...
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Why & How Your Church Should Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming up in less than two weeks. But that includes two Sundays—there’s still time for your church to take part. We’ve got plenty of ideas for how to do it, plus some...
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Ash Wednesday, Lent & Preparing for Easter on Social Media
From the Ash Wednesday Service, in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 264-265: Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and...
View ArticleEmbracing MLK Day
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Every year I’m a little bit amazed we have a national holiday for a pastor. And every year I’m a little bit amazed the church doesn’t embrace it more fully. This...
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How Your Church Can Be a Voice in the 2016 Presidential Election
Here in the U.S., we’re in the midst of presidential election season, marching toward a November vote (so far away!). But more than any recent election, this one has been marked by anxiety, fear and...
View ArticleTrouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism by Drew G. I. Hart
Racism is a flashpoint today. If you want to have an ugly conversation, post something on social media about race. It gets even more difficult for the church, which has an iffy track record at best....
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People Are Hurting. How Is Your Church Helping?
Too often, it seems, I open my social media feed to tragedy. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. The words of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U2 come to mind: I can’t believe...
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MLK Day Tips & Tweets
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an opportunity for your church to celebrate a social and historic hero who also happened to be a pastor. We’ve got some tips for how to celebrate MLK Day, as well as some...
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Church Communication Hero: Ida B. Wells
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” -Ida B. Wells, 1862-1931 Ida B. Wells was a journalist and social crusader. Her writing cast the harsh light of truth on the practice...
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Church Communication Hero: Fannie Lou Hamer
“All my life I’ve been sick and tired. Now I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” -Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) A poor black sharecropper in Jim Crow Mississippi, Fannie Lou Hamer loomed as a...
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