Last year on Oct. 4, Rachel Miner had a flight planned to Israel. She was going to see her two friends Yael Admi and Reem Hajajreh. Admi and Hajajreh had jointly planned a march for peace — Admi is a leader in…
Jewish professor says Muhlenberg College fired her over pro-Palestinian social media posts
A major organizing body for university faculty is pressuring Muhlenberg College to explain its firing of a tenured Jewish anti-Zionist professor for “bias-related conduct” over an Instagram post that encouraged “shaming Zionists.”
Voting rights advocate Barbara Williams-Skinner thrives on prayer and policy changes
When the Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner celebrated her 80th birthday late last year with a party at the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women near the National Mall in Washington, she asked for no presents. Instead, each attendee —…
Pastors, We Have to Play the Long Game
This year has been rough for the church in Dallas–Fort Worth where I pastor. At least eight pastors, and recently another, have been publicly disqualified for inappropriate relationships or abusive behavior. Enough people emerged from the wreckage and made their way to…
The Religion of America’s Young Adults
The gender divide among younger Americans is one of the most hotly discussed topics right now among social scientists. My friend Melissa Deckman just published a book, The Politics of Gen Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracy, which spends quite…
The pope refused to tell Americans how to vote. But he told us how to think about it.
There has been much ado about JD Vance being Catholic, but does he attend Mass?
How the US government can stop ‘churches’ from getting treated like real churches by the IRS
The Family Research Council is a conservative advocacy group with a “biblical worldview.” While it has a church ministries department that works with churches from several evangelical Christian denominations that share its perspectives, it does not represent a single denomination.
Sanders’ Resolution Forces Senate Vote To Block U.S. Arms Sales To Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a resolution on Wednesday that will force a vote in Congress to block billions of dollars in offensive American weapons sales to Israel ― a significant escalation by the Vermont independent as the Biden administration continues…
The Cross in an Age of ‘Spiritual Derangement’
I love the church, but I can’t say I always understand or even like it. And in my more than half a century inside it, I can’t remember a time when the American church seemed less clear about its identity…