jerad's blog

The body of Christ in Minnesota is stronger today than it was in May.

The mission of the Minnesota Council of Churches is to manifest the unity of the body of Christ and to build the common good in the world. Our mission is necessary because it can sometimes be hard to believe that there is any unity in the body of Christ at all – especially after we have seen how different Christians respond so differently to public health guidance around the COVID pandemic.

[Crossposted from Healing Minnesota Stories blog]

Indigenous spiritual practices are fundamentally tied to their sacred lands. That has profound implications for protecting their freedom of religion: The right to practice their religion without interference.

[Crossposted from the Healing Minnesota Stories blog]

In this post:

What follows is a press release from three congregations - ELCA, UCC and Catholic - announcing their partnership in New Branches, a church building they have renovated for shared use to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God in their Minneapolis mission field. 

Now you can revisit the powerful presentations and amazing panel discussion from Minnesota's Racial Legacy, the first event of Minnesota Council of Churches' Vision for Truth and Reparations program. 

On the event page find:

A video recording of the keynote from Christine Diindiisi McCleave, then-executive director of the Natinoal Native American Boarding Schools Healing Coalition.

No more words …

A young Black man, Amir Locke, was killed by Minneapolis police on Wednesday morning, February 2, 2022. Reminiscent of Breonna Taylor, Minneapolis police used a no-knock warrant to silently enter the private residence where he was asleep and they shot and killed Amir. They were looking for someone else.