By Inez Tuck Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole are recognized for their heroism in the Crimean War. Little is known about how these ordinary girls from very different cultural and economic backgrounds became extraordinary women leaders. The book describes the...

By Eric Forsbergh When I was using bloody instruments in my gloved hands, performing dental extractions for the Mayan Indian people in Guatemala in 1994 and 1997, I felt as closely connected to the mission of Jesus as I’ve ever...

The "Look" a poem by Inez Tuck, April 2022   A Black Woman Vice President Supreme Court Justice Actor Entrepreneur Professor Nurse Teacher Engineer Housekeeper Attorney CEO First responder Flight Attendant And more! The defense against efforts to humiliate, to demean, to threaten, to diminish. The only weapon to assert boundaries, to counter hate, to protect dignity, to maintain grace. Is the “Look!”

I Don't Trust You by Dr. Inez Tuck, January 2022 My thoughts and ponderings during this time of political upheaval and disarray while the Omicron virus surges.   I don’t trust you during these turbulent times. Your words don’t match your actions. Do you really...

Inez Tuck, MDiv, PhD, IJF Advisory Board Member I’m shocked, disappointed, saddened, and outraged over the recent mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Innocent lives were taken by one person with an automatic pistol. We mourn across the nation for these...

Dr. Henry Allen, IJF Advisory Board Chair In popular culture, among voluntary immigrants and those less informed sociologically, it is often assumed or internalized by many citizens that the United States is exceptional.  To wit, the notion is that the...

By Rev. Jim Melson, Executive Director of The Cornelius Corps  The news reports this week about hatred, violence, and death from Atlanta, GA and Boulder, CO are devastating. The combination of racist anti-Asian hate and mass murder raises the question,...

By Dr. Drew Hill, Senior Pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Arlington, Virginia Last summer during my sabbatical I made an unforgettable journey, a civil rights pilgrimage across our country. Beginning here in D.C. at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History, I traveled...

A panel of experts at the Virginia University of Lynchburg's Leonard N. Smith School of Religion discusses the reality that to be a person of faith in America today it is to recognize that America desires Jesus slogans over...

Reverend Britni Johnson presents: We covered a lot in a short amount of time. Fortunately, the session was recorded so if you need a refresher, please watch the posted session on my Youtube channel. You can access the Broken Trust...