Twenty Ways We've Confused Conviction With Condemnation
Twenty honest observations on how the American church weaponizes truth instead of healing with it.
Read the essayEssays on faith, justice, and the long work of coming home.
Twenty honest observations on how the American church weaponizes truth instead of healing with it.
Read the essayShe got the message anyway. Nobody condemned her; they just drifted away. On the gap between what we preach and how we treat people.
Read the essayWe tell people coming home from prison to change their lives, then build a system that makes change impossible.
Read the essayA numbered sequence on the distance between what the church says about grace and what it practices. Personal story first, then the prophetic and policy turn.
Grace is not a feeling. It is a practice, and it shows up in policy.
I'm Joshua Jai Sellers, founder of JaiSellers Companies and the Just Systems Initiative in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Before consulting and design, I was a classically trained vocalist. These days I build nonprofit systems, write grants, and work on justice reform and reentry in Cleveland County.
This blog is the personal side of that work: faith, justice, and the people the systems were supposed to serve.