The recent wave of Israeli settler attacks — burning fields, threatening holy sites, and attacking private property against the Palestinian Christian village of Al-Taybeh — should come as no surprise. They are not isolated incidents but the inevitable outcome of…
How NYC faith-based food banks, shelters are adapting to ICE fear
As United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has intensified activity across New York City, faith-based shelters, food assistance programs and spaces intended to be safe for immigrants are quietly adjusting how they operate. Though ICE has not yet raided a…
My Parents’ Obsession With Purity Nearly Ruined Us. Years Later, I Found Their Secret In A Box Of Their Things.
My first sexual intercourse, just before I started college, was unplanned. It would have been largely forgettable if we’d used birth control.
Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism
Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and enduring of the 1980s televangelists, died on July 1, 2025, but his legacy lives.
Does Religious Affiliation Make Someone More Resistant to Societal Changes?
As some of you know, the church I pastored for 17 years held its last worship service last July. I wrote an essay for Deseret last year, which received a bit of attention. They asked me to reflect on that a year later, which…
The Christian Backlash Taking Hold
Shortly after the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy bill, Speaker Mike Johnson posted a Bible verse on his social media from Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth. It read, “All this is from God, who reconciled us…
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. What they got from the eight-day Scopes trial was more than they bargained…
Faith-based relief groups offer food, water and emotional support to Texas flood survivors
For the past week, Captain Jenifer Phillips, an emotional and spiritual care officer with the Salvation Army, has been working out of a basecamp in Kerrville, Texas, as part of a team of eight chaplains responding to the deadly flash floods.
Faith Meets the Future: Religion and the Gene Editing Divide
The number of advancements occurring in the medical community every year are astounding. For instance, there’s now an incredibly effective treatment for cystic fibrosis and hepatitis C.
Latter-day Saint missionaries practice what they and their ‘captain’ preach through service
Three missionaries piled out of the car that had pulled over and parked a short, suburban block up the street.
An Archbishop’s Concert For Peace In Gaza Brings Together Jews And Palestinians
A concert for peace in Gaza brought together Jews and Palestinians at a Catholic church in Santiago. Some 500 people attended the concert for cello, flute and classical guitar, with two female voices, organized by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal…
DOGE Comes for Catholic Education
The dizzying Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) news cycle may seem to many like the distant past, but the slimming down of the federal government continues.