https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:44:34 +0000 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:07:53 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/urban/how-should-church-respond-tents-line-our-urban-streets This past week I was bombarded with inquiries from Christian friends and acquaintances wanting to know my opinion on the different petitions and groups around their cities that are offering solutions to our homelessness crisis. Sparrow Etter-Carlson https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/urban/how-should-church-respond-tents-line-our-urban-streets Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:07:53 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/urban/what-will-we-you-do-unnecessary-deaths-gods-precious-people As this Pandemic has spread, it has exposed and exploited the wounds and fissures of our society, revealing what has been here all along but many of us have refused to see. The true virus plaguing our country is one of systemic racism, systemic poverty, criminalization of poverty, and our re Sparrow Etter-Carlson https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/urban/what-will-we-you-do-unnecessary-deaths-gods-precious-people Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:34:23 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/de-colonizing-social-services-aurora-commons Imagine with me a naturalist/or field biologist who’s job is to pay attention to every living and dying thing within their particular ecosystem. Sparrow Etter-Carlson https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/de-colonizing-social-services-aurora-commons Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:43:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/loving-people-where-they-are Sometimes when I walk home at night, I see people I love under the lights of surrounding businesses. Around this time of year they are bundled up, cardboard boxes, umbrellas—whatever they can use surrounding them to offer some amount of protection and privacy. Sparrow Etter-Carlson https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/loving-people-where-they-are Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:18:17 +0000