Many of us didn’t go looking for progressive Christianity. We simply found ourselves standing in the rubble of a faith that stopped making sense.
Why Accepting Differences Matters In A Divided America
This is not simply about living in harmony; it is about understanding who we are and how we conduct ourselves. If we can cultivate compassion and embrace imperfection, then perhaps we have found our own version of utopia.
Why one 16th-century theologian’s advice for a bitterly divided nation holds true today
Ideological division was tearing the country apart. Factions denounced each other as unpatriotic and evil. There were attempted kidnappings and assassinations of political figures. Public monuments and art were desecrated all over the country. This was France in the middle…
African Christian leaders and health nonprofits seek to fill gaps after USAID cuts
The leaders from 10 countries on the continent called for more local funding to restore essential resources to fight malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
Cocaine, Bribes And Murder: Inside The Accusations Against The Drug Lord Trump Just Pardoned
President Donald Trump ― who has used crime and the flow of narcotics into the United States to justify a brutal immigration crackdown, oversee possible war crimes and threaten military action in Venezuela ― just pardoned the former Honduran president who was sentenced to decades in prison for swamping the…
A field guide to ‘accelerationism’: White supremacist groups using violence to spur race war and create social chaos
In my research on right-wing extremism over 30 years, a disturbing pattern has emerged: White supremacists and white nationalists are increasingly willing to use violence targeting critical infrastructure in an effort to destabilize society.
Ken Camp, longtime Baptist journalist, to retire
Baptist Standard Managing Editor Ken Camp will retire Dec. 31, 2025, bringing to a close a decades-long era of reporting on Texas Baptists.
Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the “only solution” that could guarantee justice for both sides.
The chaos of Charlotte and the call to radical neighborliness
There is a force even greater than masked men with guns, and that is neighbors remembering we belong to one another.
All I Want for Christmas Is a Time Machine
“If you could be dropped down in any biblical scene … except for the Resurrection,” I asked, “where would you go?”
In Galveston, descendants of a forgotten Jewish migration keep their community’s story alive
More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 miles southeast of Houston welcomed so many European immigrants – including some 10,000 Jews – it earned the moniker “The Ellis Island of the West.”
Spanking is often normalized in evangelical culture. When does it become child abuse?
Last week, an Alabama second-grade Christian school “teacher of the year” was allegedly shown in a viral video hitting her son with a belt. She also allegedly verbally abused him, pulled his hair and berated him for failing to complete his chores,…