Merton Monday: Thoughts on Transformation
Thomas Merton on the importance of transformation — and the need to sacrifice in the process.
Common Action: Racial Justice in Rural America
The uprising for racial justice is not just happening in cities, but in rural areas, too — and you can help!
Wisdom Wednesday: Sadiqa Reynolds on Truth & Race in America
“It is really not about placing blame, because we have to move from that. We have to figure out how to fix what is broken. But sometimes America does need to say, ‘I’m sorry.'"
Merton Monday: Loving someone for who they are
“But to love another as a person we must begin by granting him his own autonomy and identity as a person..."
We all bleed red: CIR blood drive campaign throughout July
We believe giving blood is an expression of our common humanity. That’s why we are recruiting blood donors from all across the nation—no matter where you live in the U.S.
Wisdom Wednesday: The Rev. Kevin Cosby on Compassion
"You know you have captured the essence of compassion when you look through the lens of someone else," the Rev. Dr. Kevin W. Cosby said during the 2017 Festival of Faiths.
Merton Monday: On hope and humanity
"Speak words of hope. Be human in this most inhuman of ages..."
Common Action: Support Black-owned businesses
For this week's #CommonAction, we encourage you to support a Black-owned business in your community. Check out these Louisville lists.
Wisdom Wednesday: Theologian Jim Wallis on the Black Lives Matter movement
“It is up to us to name, expose, reveal, proclaim and undermine White privilege."
Merton Monday: Our interior world
Thoughts from "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander."