The Role of Puerto Rican Churches in a State of Emergency
Administration after administration, Puerto Ricans see ambivalent responses to calls for equity and sexual liberties. Gender-based education that ignores the cruelty of conversion therapy and the repression of diverse sexual orientations, while denying women the right to make decisions about their own bodies through the refusal to implement a gender perspective curriculum, is futile.
Pope Francis: a Prophetic Testament of Green Legacy
Pope Francis prophetically denounced the culture of destruction and development and called us to an ecological conversion. He proposed an integral ecology that encompasses economics, politics, social relationships, and spiritual life. He urged us to move from irresponsible consumption to communal care, from domination to service
Benito, el hijo de Benito y Lissy - Reflexiones casi inéditas de DTmF.
Escribir sobre Benito es casi redundar. Desde que se bajó de la guagua de los mantecados acompañado del rapero Arcángel, Benito se ha dedicado a desplegar un macramé de éxitos musicales que, poco a poco, lo han transformado de un cantante del género urbano a una de las figuras más importantes de la cultura puertorriqueña contemporánea.
What do we do now?
We must make a strong commitment to avoid toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing over the next four years. Our communities and people will be hurting and will need a prophetic word. They will need words and people to let them feel but also give them hope.
Traveling through Palestine in an Upside-Down World
From this trip, I will carry with me the deep gratitude I have for those who have welcomed me into their lives and hold them as an example of steadfastness, knowing this will be needed as we protect one another from a barrage of attacks on human dignity in the months ahead. And I will find comfort in maqluba theology, knowing that the work of God, and indeed our work, is to turn the world right-side up.
Book review: Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación (Ciudad de México, MX: Editorial Planeta, 2024), $19.95. ISBN 978-6073909105
Colonial Footprints in the Puerto Rican Chruch.
The arrival of American missionaries to Puerto Rico brought the establishment of Protestant evangelicalism, which took strong root in the country.
Are Baptists An Extinct People?
Being a church pastor, cemented behind a pulpit every Sunday, has advantages. For example, my family enjoys eating, and my salary ensures they continue enjoying that bit of pleasure.