Safe Havens
For undocumented migrants facing deportation, church can be more than a place of worship—it can become a home. The documentary Si Pudiera Quedarme (If I Could Stay) follows two migrants who took refuge in Colorado churches, offering an intimate look at living in sanctuary. iNation Media
King’s Early Years
We know Martin Luther King Jr. as an adult making the case for racial equality through organizing and a preacher’s public speaking skills. In the biography Young King, Stanford professor Lerone Martin chronicles King’s transformation from agnostic teen farmworker to national civil rights icon. Amistad
The Torah for Radicals
There are scriptures many of us would rather avoid, explain away, or dismiss. Rabbi Caryn Broitman, in The Torah is an Open Book, challenges us to hold Hebrew Bible passages in tension with each other using the ancient Jewish interpretive tradition of midrash. Broadleaf
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