Articles and Poetry in this issue:

• Changing a Racist System Requires Persistence
• Beyond Optimism: Keeping Hope in Troubled Times
• The Mouse That Roared
• Life Line
• Fasten Your Seat Belt
• Doctrine of Discovery Resources
• Three Poems Influenced by the “Sea of Faith” Movement in the UK
• A Prayer to My Garden Green Beans
• Unraveling Mysteries
• Stuck in the Light: Reflections on Holy Disunity
• Response to Stuck in the Light
• Climate for Change
• Psalm
• Isolated Friends - A Letter from One
• Book Review:Farming While Black
• Chaos