The Veterans of Hope Blog

I. Recently, Rev. Jeri Wright and her father, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, asked me to join them in leading an early morning prayer fellowship.  They have been organizing this informal, online meeting since April, as a service of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor C...

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Today I am honoring my daddy, Vincent Harding, who passed into glory on this day, five years ago – May 19, 2014. When I think about my daddy and my mama, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, at this juncture of my life, what comes most strongly to my mind is ...

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This is a magnificently beautiful song in honor of the Orixá, Nanã Buruku. In Candomblé, Nanã is an elder, feminine, earth-based energy. She is the energy of the primal connection between earth and water, the holy mud out of which life forms and to wh...

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Michelle Alexander is a legal scholar, activist and public theologian whose work has long been of great inspiration to the Veterans of Hope Project.  She just wrote a beautiful and powerful essay in the NY Times about the need for all people of conscien...

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On February 21, at the Stella Adler Studio in NYC, poet Sonia Sanchez, public theologian Ruby Sales and musician-producer Toshi Reagon joined Rachel E. Harding for a conversation about Remnants and the meaning of spirituality and social justice in 21st ...

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Joanna Shenk, a writer, activist and minister, has published an extended interview with Vincent Harding focussed on his experiences with the Mennonite Church, during and after the time he and Rosemarie were representatives of the Mennonites to the south...

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On May 17, students, faculty and alumni from the Iliff School of Theology gathered to remember and celebrate the lives and spirit of our co-founders, Vincent and Rosemarie Freeney Harding, in honor of the third anniversary of Vincent’s passing. Â...

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