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As the 2022 midterm elections approach, little can be predicted—except, perhaps, that they will further cement the deep divides in our country.

Those divides often extend into religious congregations.

Many members of the Rev. Najuma Smith-Pollard’s church near downtown Los Angeles struggled for food during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, she joined other church leaders to distribute groceries like chicken, pasta and cheese.

Michelle did something a few years ago that no one at her seminary, or in her state, had done. She took biblical stories straight to men in a place that symbolizes their failure and society’s: Stateville Correctional Center.

Cynthia Choi and Manju Kulkarni launched Stop AAPI Hate — a website to report hate incidents and violence against Asian Americans. They track the location and frequency of these racially motivated incidents and propose policies and practical solutions to prevent these racist acts.

Some pastors in Hawaii are discouraging their members from getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Honolulu Civil Beat reports. The article quotes CRCC's Richard Flory about the perception of vaccines within evangelical Christianity.

Between virtual classes, Salunga would turn away from the screen, breathing to decompress his eyes, mind and body, a mindfulness technique he first learned in a retreat he had attended while getting his teacher’s certification 20 years ago.