Trayvon Martin Verdict Sparks Hoodie Sunday As Black Churches React

July 14, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Trayvon Martin Verdict Sparks Hoodie Sunday As Black Churches React Rev. Tony Lee was in his car on Saturday night when he heard the news that George Zimmerman had been found not guilty on all charges in the trial over the death of Trayvon Martin. "My phone and texts just started blowing up -- they all said, 'they found him not guilty,'" Lee said. Realizing that he was going to have to preach in the morning, the pastor began thinking of what he would say to his largely black congregation called Community of Hope outside of Washington, D.C. Many in the congregation have lost loved ones to gun violence, and are simultaneously grieving and seething from what is being widely experienced in the black community as an injurious miscarriage of justice. "I knew I would be wearing my hoodie while preaching," Lee said, "and I wrote to all the pastoral staff that hoodies are welcome." Continue reading... LOOK: Informal Pope Francis Talks About Upcoming Rio Trip Evangelical College's Acceptance Of LGBT Group Creates Ripples Tisha B'Av And The Wholeness Of A Broken Heart Six Types Of Non-Believers And Other Surprising Facts From Atheism Study Some Churchgoers Say Clergy Contribute "Nothing" To Society: Survey The Cutest Ramadan Photos You'll See Today LOOK: Jewish Women Take Ownership Of Traditionally Male Rituals In Israel Six Types Of Non-Believers And Other Surprising Facts From Atheism Study The Cutest Ramadan Photos You'll See Today Six Types Of Non-Believers And Other Surprising Facts From Atheism Study CHARLES HOWARD No Justice, No Peace: What I've Felt and What Is Next in the Wake of the Trayvon Martin Verdict So now that we see that there is neither justice nor peace, what is next? We must work for both: To fix a broken justice system and a to fix the broken peace within our hearts and within our communities. Continue reading... JOHN DEAR Interfaith Perspectives on Our Ecological Disaster I fully support the ongoing protests against the Keystone XL pipeline, and hope and pray that Obama administration will do the right thing and refuse to go ahead with it, and make even tougher decisions to reduce carbon emissions and fossil fuels and protect creation. Continue reading... RABBI AARON ALEXANDER Stop Calling It a Pro-Life Movement or Become One This is an invitation to those who fancy themselves pro-life: To merit that weighty title, here are some profound "right-to-life" challenges you will need to become advocates for. Continue reading... PASTOR MICHAEL MCBRIDE It's Not the Verdict, It's Our Values As we await the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, I have deep reservations that it's not just the guilt or innocence of Mr. Zimmerman that will ultimately be decided but our collective guilt or innocence as nation. Continue reading... JIM WALLIS Moral Mondays God is far bigger than a single political party. What we cannot accept, nor allow, is for our own leaders to willfully exacerbate our problems and directly harm people who are already suffering -- to sacrifice the common good to their own ideological agendas. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003