Joshua Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter, was among the speakers at the state funeral for the former president held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. Here is a verbatim transcript of his comments. My grandfather...
Do you think arriving at 9 p.m. for fireworks that begin at 9:25 would be early enough? If you do, then the New York Police Department would like to have a word with you. We could have guaranteed ourselves seats…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shutter a faith-based migrant shelter violates the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure, an El Paso judge ruled. Paxton had sued Catholic-run Annunciation House earlier this year, demanding access…
Bishop elections in The United Methodist Church are typically the kind of institutional politics only those with a major stake in the organization care about. This year, however, delegates to the UMC’s jurisdictional conferences coming July 10-12 face a new…
A New York state court jury found Donald Trump guilty of committing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal checks signed by Trump to repay his former attorney, Michael Cohen, in 2017 for suppressing unfavorable information about Trump’s…
Today, I did something I’ve never done before at a funeral. Something so ill-advised that pastoral care professors reading this likely will flinch on hearing it. Something that’s the wrong thing except when it is suddenly very necessary. I told…
Luke Cunningham, a former youth pastor at four Texas churches who was arrested June 19 by United States marshals, now faces a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged international and interstate sex trafficking. The investigation concerns allegations…
Last week, I attended a school board meeting for the Southlake-Carroll Independent School District in North Texas which has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over its changes to Title IX. This is the school district in…
Johnsonville, one of the most popular sausage brands in America, announced a new ad campaign April 8 they have titled “Keep It Juicy.” The campaign, which features actor Vince Vaughn, will of course emphasize that Johnsonville sausages are known for…
John Lewis has been called the moral conscience of the United States Congress. His death in July 2020 was a great loss to all of us. I mourn his death, but I call on his dream, his spirit, for our…
