It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that lingers long after the sun has risen. We all know this midnight. It is the midnight of the marriage...
Senator Lindsey Graham is dead at 71. He died the way he lived — in motion, at full throttle, pressing some cause or another into the next news cycle. He had just returned from Ukraine, where he met with President…
Molly Marshall, one of the most consequential Baptists in modern theological education, will retire from the presidency of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in June 2027. This will be her second retirement, following her 2020 departure from Central…
The word “crisis” in the title of World Relief’s updated primer on refugees has a much wider and much more tragic meaning than it did a decade ago, according to one of the book’s authors. “We used the term ‘crisis’…
Everyone knows what fate awaited the pagans of the Old Testament who opposed Yahweh’s chosen people, or who simply happened to be living in the wrong place at the wrong time. The Hebrew authors made it plain: The Egyptians suffered…
Earlier in this year’s World Cup, Belgian winger Jeremy Doku decided to be with his wife, Shireen, during the birth of their son instead of playing in the first few matches. French broadcaster France Pierron labeled the moment “disgusting,” adding…
On March 15, 2020, my husband and I were preparing for one of the most important moments of our lives: Our ordination ceremony. We had prayed about it. We had sought God’s direction. We believed with all our hearts we…
Numerous recent attacks and threats of violence against Muslims have been inspired in part by Islamophobic statements from Republican politicians, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The civil rights group on July 14 urged “elected officials and other public…
Democratic Socialists are on a roll with two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the mayor of the nation’s largest city and three June primary winners in New York and Colorado. The wins led President Donald Trump to criticize…
For leaders, the weight of responsibility is ever present. It shows up in conversations that linger long after they end, in decisions that carry unseen consequences and in a mind that struggles to disengage. Even in moments meant for rest,…
It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that lingers long after the sun has risen. We all know this midnight. It is the midnight of the marriage…
When U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly at the age of 71, the immediate political question was who might become his replacement. In more than two decades in the Senate, Graham became a powerful force — lionized as a “giant…
Lately, I’ve been noticing how the evangelical emphasis on salvation can come at the expense of any meaningful discussion of sanctification. I see it everywhere I go: Christian radio and media, leaders who hold correct doctrinal beliefs but live abhorrent…
