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By Rodney Sadler The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: “When any of you sin and commit a trespass against the…

By Joshua T. Morris On November 11, we set aside a day to commemorate Veterans Day. Originally designated as Armistice…

2023-2024 Academic Year By Erin Mills The Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation welcomes four new Student Ambassadors for the…

Sadler in his article attempts to reframe the conversation about the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel—a conflict that has left many people feeling angry and frustrated. Despite the urgency of the situation, the global community has done little to end the conflict once and for all. This is not a forever conflict, and it is not a religious or historical battle. It is a result of European colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries and a strategy of pitting people against each other to make them easier to control. Both sides have been told different “wrong stories” to demonize the other, but they are really just brothers. Sadler’s article narrates the conflict through the story of two brothers who follow a similar path to Palestine and Israel and are eventually able to realize their commonalities.

Since our nation’s inception, we have struggled with ways to adequately address the varied causes and necessary responses to the needs of our neighbors without homes. In recent years, there has been an increase in efforts to vilify those without homes. Sadly, many of those working to cause greater marginalization of the already marginalized are people of faith.

The Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation was conceived with a view of the church in the world. As an organ of Union Presbyterian Seminary, it has an internal commitment to helping our Seminary faculty, students, and staff consider where the Reign of God intersects with the issues of justice in this world.

Union Presbyterian Seminary at Charlotte is pleased to offer an exhibit of historic photographs of the Civil Rights Movement and many of its key leaders. The photographs are all from a collection established by Wade Burns, husband of alum and current Charlotte student Susie Burns.

Rev. Rodney Sadler explores the Second Amendment theologically and its potential problematic character for the life of faith.