In this guest column, the Rev. Richard Reams and the Rev. Keith Ray lifting up a gathering to protest hate and proclaim love for neighbor in South Carolina.

By Jessica Brodie. It doesn’t matter how many years I’ve been out of school—I still celebrate back-to-school season. There’s something about the freshly gleaming pads of paper and neat little boxes of pencils at Target stacked carefully next to rows of neon-colored highlighters and binders that make my heart go pitter-patter.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”—2 Corinthians 5:7

Read the sixth narrative accepted for publication (this one by the Rev. Drew Martin) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

We need to remember that the most important thing about our faith is who we follow: Christ. An editorial by Jessica Brodie.

Read the fifth narrative accepted for publication (this one by Stephen Graham) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

Read the fourth narrative accepted for publication (this one by Barbara Gentry) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

Advocate Editor Jessica Brodie on racism, building bridges and Annual Conference.