Social Justice and Advocacy
A Christian Response to the 2016 Election
Dear Friends: As you all know, this is an election year, and the campaigns for various offices are underway. Throughout my ministry I have tried to maintain clear boundaries between […]
Pilgrims bear witness to racial reconciliation at Georgia lynching site
A stone and bronze plaque unveiled Oct. 22 in front of the Douglass Theatre in Macon, Georgia, marks the location where a lynch mob discarded the body of their victim John […]
Two Blog Posts from the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice Symposium
In April 2016, the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice (ENEJ) conducted a three-day symposium, featuring a keynote address by Southern Ohio’s Bishop Thomas Breidenthal, site visits to neighborhood centers hosting worker […]
Bloody July
By: Charles Allen Wynder, Jr. The days immediately following July 4 left the nation wounded, heartbroken, and unsettled. On July 5, a police officer in Baton Rouge shot and killed Alton […]
Your Revolutionary Friend
Last summer, I attended a Faith Rooted Organizing training hosted by held at the Highlander Center in Tennessee where generations of labor and civil rights activists like Rosa Parks have […]
Remembrance and Healing: A Priest’s Reflection
A single black woman. Confirmed in a small Episcopal church in rural Kansas. The year was 1900. Elizabeth May DeKonza was one of a very small number of African-American residents […]
Before You March
I was sitting in the nave of Trinity Wall Street, there for the Trinity Institute 2016 “Listen for a Change: Sacred Conversations on Race,” when Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, in […]
Take Action to Support the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Episcopal Church has long opposed drilling in the Refuge not only because of our concern for and stewardship of God’s creation, but also because of our commitment to standing […]
Our Feet Keep Marching On
The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, which includes Macon and several parishes beyond Macon will be launching a three year cycle of pilgrimages next year to sites where lynchings occurred. The […]
Reclaiming Mother's Day: Love, Justice, and Reconciliation
This was originally delivered as a sermon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC on Mother’s Day by Charles Wynder, Jr., Missioner for Social Justice & Advocacy Engagement. Here […]