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No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...

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Appeals court rejects challenge to Glorieta sale

A federal appeals court has turned down an appeal by an Arkansas couple claiming wrongdoing by Southern Baptist Convention officials when they declined to renew their lease at the Glorieta Conference Center and instead sold the campus. Kirk Tompkins, who along with…

Transitions for the week of 12.23.16

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Jeff Davenport, now serving as pastor of First Baptist Church, Hurricane, W.Va. Previously he was pastor of Calvary…

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What if we stopped being afraid?

Amid a bitter presidential campaign and an increasingly anxious and divided public, “fake news” has become not only a political device but a profitable business model. Today, more than ever, people of faith must step forward to challenge misinformation and…

Humanists oppose evangelical gift boxes in public schools

A public-interest law firm specializing in cases involving disputes about religious expression has selected a humanist group attempting to prevent Colorado schoolchildren from being asked to put together Christmas gift boxes sponsored by an evangelical charity as winner of a…

Advent and prison cells

Every three years, the Revised Common Lectionary takes us to a prison. On the Third Sunday of Advent — a Sunday of Joy, where many churches light a rosy candle and “Joy to the World” resounds in open halls —…

Mary and Joseph — and Kevin

Shivering, wet guests file into the fellowship hall. It is cold and raining on the Thursday before Christmas. Two hundred homeless people have come to church for chicken spaghetti. I pass a marker around my table. We fill out nametags….

God is with us but where?

Another year, another Advent season. God is with us and it is spectacular. Or, maybe it isn’t anymore. Perhaps, we are beginning to feel that God has come and gone due to a political season that has taken a toll…