A month ago, Carol and I went to the Paley Center for Media in Manhattan for a panel discussion on “The Media’s Role in Combating Antisemitism: Next Generation Digital Storytellers.” The speakers were fascinating. Tova Friedman is a Holocaust survivor…
False prophets have hijacked the evangelical movement
A group of false prophets, most of them independent Pentecostals, have hijacked the evangelical movement. Historian David Fea identifies this loosely affiliated group of prophets as Independent Network Charismatics. The false prophets have a theological mix foreign to most evangelicals….
If a felon can lead, why can’t they vote?
In the United States, we celebrate narratives of redemption, freedom and equality yet continue to undermine those ideals when it comes to our justice-impacted citizens. This contradiction is laid bare every election cycle when the same citizens who champion “second…
Creating a sanctuary in times of fear
“Can’t we just agree to disagree?” This has been a common thread lately on social media and among conversations with people I know. Certainly, we can. I like vanilla, and you prefer chocolate ice cream. I cheer for my alma…
BGCT: Listen to the women
One week after election day 2024, I found myself in another room where I needed to cast my vote. As a messenger to the 2024 Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting, I would need to vote on a motion…
This is a time for our movement to meet the moment
At this point of uncertainty and change for our country, our commitment to religious freedom and the separation of church and state remains the same. I am sad for our country and worried about the impact last week’s election results…
The sacrilegious singing of ‘How Great Thou Art’
Around 3 a.m. Eastern time on Nov. 6, a crowd gathered in the lobby of the West Palm Beach, Fla., convention center where Donald Trump had just delivered his victory speech. The crowd, which included Christian singer Sean Feucht, began…
Progressive white Christian men, it’s time to get some skin in the game
This election has sent a lot of us in the middle and on the left reeling. It’s also reminded me that we have different things at stake. Nearly 60% percent of white men voted Trump. A lot of Black and…
Who do you blame for this election and what can be done about it?
Two days after the election, a discouraged friend asked me, “Who do you blame for this election disaster, and what can be done about it?” As I mulled over his first question, a long list of possible responses came to…
This is what it feels like to be ‘collateral damage to your rage’
Donald J. Trump has been president or running for president my entire voting life. 2016 was the first presidential election I could vote in. I remember waking up that November and feeling, like many Americans, wholly shocked by the election…
Here’s the toxic racism and misogyny you let loose with a vote for Trump
If Kamala Harris had won, no Black people would be receiving text messages threatening to make them slaves again, and no women would be being told, “Your body, my choice.” When Trump wins, those things happen. And when Trump loses,…
Living as aliens
Last Tuesday, we elected a convicted felon, a mediocre businessman and a weak leader to be the 47th president of the United States. First, the part about being a convicted felon and being charged with other crimes. I started to…