As a climate scientist and an evangelical Christian, Katharine Hayhoe is well placed to reach a sceptical audience — even if that means braving hate mail
An antidote to Election Day stress
Looking for relief from election blues? Check out this episode of the Gospel Gothic podcast, hosted by Jake Hall, pastor of Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., and broadcast by The Creek at 100.9 FM.
A sermon for the day of the U.S. presidential election
Voting is often said to be the institution that makes democracies democratic. But it is often overlooked that there is a coercive aspect to all elections. After an election 50.1% get to tell 49.9% what to do.
Election 2016: Conversations that matter
For the past months (and years!), we have shared a lot of opinion pieces and news about the 2016 election. You may have missed some of them. If you’re distracted today anyway, spend some time in our archives.
From a pulpit in battleground N.C., a civil rights warrior thunders a call to arms
William Barber has spent the better part of the year crusading to galvanize religious Americans to become more involved. Central to his message is challenging the perception that evangelicals are white conservative Christians, narrowly focused on a set of issues.
Showing up for racial reconciliation
I’ve discovered that “showing up” is no small thing, but an essential in race relations. It’s just showing up and taking the time, keeping one’s mouth shut and one’s eyes and ears open.
The remarkable Mr. Graham
The evangelist Bill Graham is 98 today. An historian examines the way he shaped the church and the world.
Parents fear that religion will make their children outcasts
A poll found that one in four were worried that their offspring might be sidelined by friends if they passed on their religious views.
‘Hacksaw Ridge’: The bloody, true story of faith in action
The story of the first conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor, “Hacksaw Ridge” is about conflicts of many kinds: duty to God versus duty to country, individual freedom versus communal responsibility, healing versus killing, love versus hate.
Confrontation at the Cannonball: The Dakota Access Pipeline controversy
The issue at stake is corporate commerce versus Lakota Sioux cultural heritage and protection of water for the Standing Rock Sioux nation, and the fact that another major fossil fuel pipeline only deepens the trauma of our burning planet.
How the Internet is loosening our grip on the truth
For years, technologists and other utopians have argued that online news would be a boon to democracy. That has not been the case.
A black church burned in the name of Trump
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., was reportedly set on fire and spray painted with the words “Vote Trump” on Tuesday night.