“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
Of the 12 federal holidays, Columbus Day is one of only three celebrating a person. Among that trinity, which includes the celebrations of the births of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., it remains peculiar. Unlike the first president…
I write this in an effort to clarify the basic functions of birth control. It’s important for Christian women to know they should not be wary of “contraception culture,” as a recent article published by Baptist Press’ David Roach claims….
Half a century ago, evangelicals were known for evangelism, not politics, but 52-year-old J.D. Greear never knew that world. He grew during the era of Jerry Falwell, not Billy Graham, and was on his way to a career in politics…
This past summer, two federal actions sent a similar menacing message. In Washington, D.C., the National Guard was deployed to remove unhoused people under the guise of “public safety.” Additionally, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will end abortion care for…
I’m sitting in a quiet waiting room, the kind that hums with fluorescent lights and faint disinfectant. No one else is here, but the TV is blasting an old episode of Chopped on The Food Network. The chefs are racing…
One enduring feature of Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which distinguishes these branches from Protestantism in all its forms, is the veneration of Christian saints. This practice, which is extremely well documented in late antiquity and beyond, seemed to…
ICE agents who are violently rounding up children from playgrounds and parents from city streets are “doing the Lord’s work,” according to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican from Ohio. His comments came three weeks after White House staffer Stephen Miller,…
President Donald Trump is expected to cut refugee admissions into the United States to 7,500 next year — a new low for the U.S. and half the previous record-setting low cap set during his first presidency. The administration also is…
JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019 and went on to be critiqued by the last two popes on his stance of immigration. Vance, it seems, does not let the disapproval of the pope keep him from still claiming his…
The man who occupies a solemn office, who bears an honorable title, but whom a court of law has declared a convict on 34 counts of fraud and whom another court has declared to be a sexual offender, may have…
In the spirit of reading other people’s mail, specifically 2 Timothy 2:1-14, I present a letter to the faithful when it feels like the world is on fire. To the dearest faithful, blessed doubtful, foolishly hopeful, the ragamuffins and the…
A Presbyterian minister attacked by ICE agents during the peaceful protest of a Chicago-area migrant processing center has joined a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration’s violence against demonstrators and media. David Black, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of…
