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Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

The stories of Graham Platner and Roy Moore, although unfolding in different parties and different eras, trace the same institutional pattern: Modern political parties elevate outsiders when they are useful and abandon them when they become inconvenient. Platner and Moore...

Scott Pruitt’s faith and his views on climate change

Little attention has been paid to Scott Pruitt’s evangelical faith and how it shapes his decisions on the environment. Pruitt has not spoken publicly on the subject, but the views of religious leaders close to him could offer some clues.

My ship of faith has many sails

What it means to live into particular religious identity in the midst of spiritual plurality.

Baptist leader says America under Trump in ‘dangerously deep moral territory’

An American Baptist leader says the United States is following President Donald Trump into moral bankruptcy by allowing his administration to pile up policies that punish the poor.

#MeToo! Our culture of sexual predation

Many clergywomen have voiced their experiences of violation, often perpetrated by friends in seminary, senior pastors and judicatory leaders — many of whom were publicly affirming of women in ministry.

Time for me to say, #MeToo

Me too, for noticing the silence of men during this campaign and refusing to hold them, and me, accountable for embracing muteness.

Bearing WITHness

The reason why the words “me too” have the power to topple studio executives, empires, and lucrative franchises is because they are divinity incarnate.

Americans can ‘take a knee’ during the national anthem thanks to the Jehovah’s Witnesses

In the 1940s, in a case involving two school children, the Supreme Court confirmed that freedom of speech trumps patriotism, even in wartime.

Hiding behind the flag

Shocking as it is, we must be confronted with the humanity of the crises around us. We cannot cover Jesus on the cross any more than we can drape our war dead in American flags in hopes that it will all seem more respectable.

4 specific things you lose when you leave Christianity

Millions of American believers like me have left the faiths of their childhoods. There’s an excellent chance you’re in the same heathen boat. And if you’re like me, you might be a little sad about it. Here’s why.

Kansas is punishing a teacher for following her church’s guidance to boycott Israel

A Mennonite and math teacher, Esther Koontz was asked by her school to sign a statement proclaiming that she does not boycott Israel. She stood by her personal faith and moral convictions, and refused, and was denied a contract.

Female church executive named lead pastor of Willow Creek

Exactly 42 years after Bill Hybels pioneered a contemporary style of evangelical Christian worship, the senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church announced this weekend that a woman will take his place as CEO.

EPA chief seeks to roll back Obama-era environmental protections

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed papers Oct. 10 to begin a process to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of the previous administration’s initiative to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants connected to climate change.

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone