A short-handed Supreme Court will hear its first major abortion case in almost a decade today, one that has the potential to revise constitutional standards and to affect millions of women.
De-tune the religious liberty dog whistle
Unfortunately, “religious liberty” has become a dog whistle to agitate and motivate conservative Christians who fear losing absolute majority control over the United States.
Looking for Britain’s future leaders? Try evensong
Chapels at Oxford and Cambridge universities report a quiet revival in the digital era as Christians, Muslims and atheists alike seek solace in choral music and the Book of Common Prayer.
Ruminations on the words we use for the strangers among us: Alien, illegal and refugee
For the past six years, I have been involved in loving and serving immigrants through the work of the Immigration Service and Aid Center (ISAAC), a ministry of Texas Baptists. Being a first-generation immigrant, it is not difficult for me…
Transitions for the week of 02.19.16
STAFF CHANGES Jim Baliff, resigning after 10 years as interim minister of music/associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Ringgold, Ga., effective this summer. Jack Causey, concluding his tenure as ministerial transitions coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina,…
Raising kids in changing times: a new study unpacks the landscape
And finds most Millennial moms think they’re doing a pretty good job of it. It’s not news. Parenting — and the nature of families themselves — has changed in important ways over the past few decades. Finding the best way,…
Focus on Commandment, not Constitution
By Paula Dempsey The best lack all conviction While the worst are full of passionate intensity. —William Butler Yeats The conversation I overheard in the bread aisle of the grocery store about owning handguns had the same demeanor and tone…
2nd Baptist organization gets grant to aid pastors’ financial skills
By BNG staff A day after one Baptist organization announced it had received a $1 million grant to increase financial literacy among ministers, a second has received the same amount for the same purpose. The $1 million given to the…
Lilly grant will assist CBF pastors enhance financial skills
By BNG staff The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $1 million grant as part of Lilly Endowment’s National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders. The grant will allow the CBF to develop financial literacy programs for congregations…