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Like SBC, Episcopal Church hopes to sell its headquarters building

The Southern Baptist Convention isn’t the only national denomination attempting to sell its headquarters building amid changing dynamics. The Episcopal Church announced June 17 that its 12-story Church Center building in New York City is on the market. Two years…

US conservatives and evangelicals work to ‘Make Britain Great Again’

As Britons digest Monday’s announcement that another English prime minister is resigning, conservatives and Christians from the U.S. were meeting in England June 23-25 to return the country to “traditional family values” by promoting right-wing politics. “The Age of Reconstruction” is…

Social media and rallies drive growth of Christian nationalism in UK

Christian nationalism is not only an insidious force in the far-right policies of the United States but is gaining influence across Europe. In the U.S. and abroad, Christian nationalism grows by spreading polarizing, sensational rhetoric through social media and public…

Insufficient

The concept of scriptural sufficiency as taught by modern-day Calvinists is untenable and dangerous. In sum, the Bible is not “sufficient” for all truth as too many neo-Calvinists contend. The Bible is, in fact, insufficient in many ways. And that’s…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

While the Trump administration and their voters seem increasingly hostile to releasing the Epstein Files, they’re continuing to release UFO files. The images, videos and written testimony have led to a constant stream of speculation and questions over the past…

Anecdotal stories do not tell the full tale of race in America

As I began the journey of promoting my new book, Bridging the Rivers of Difference, A Proclamation of Unity In Resistance, I have encountered wonderful interviewers. Mostly they seem genuinely interested in the topic and have read the book well…

The roots of Christian nationalism

Christian nationalism did not spring up fully formed during President Donald Trump’s first term. Its roots run deep in American soil. Unfortunately. In the Post-Reconstruction South, the United Daughters of the Confederacy planted a Confederate memorial on many a small-town…

How can we protect vulnerable members from cyberfraud?

“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…

6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

It was supposed to be a simple restoration project. A $1.5 million maintenance project on a prominent national landmark that would take about two weeks to complete. A proverbial drop in the bucket of the Department of the Interior’s budget….

Court blocks Trump’s federal voter database

A federal court has ordered the Trump administration to dismantle a massive database created to investigate and potentially purge U.S. citizens from voter rolls nationwide. Maintained by the Department of Homeland Security, the databank was formed by merging sensitive data…

Bourdain Day at the Farmer’s Market

I’ll go to a farmer’s market this morning. There’s a large one nearby. The grass will be slightly wet — the humidity thickening like a roux, the heat hinting at a thermometer’s breaking point. I’ll saunter through the sheltered areas….

Waco judge wins right to refuse same-sex weddings

A Texas court has awarded $640,000 to a Waco, Texas, judge who sued the state after it disciplined her for refusing to perform same-sex weddings because of her evangelical Christian faith. A district court awarded Judge Dianne Hensley $10,000 in…

Jane Roe case against Patterson dropped before trial

Republican leaders worried ICE murders will damage their agenda

When the president targets Muslim kindergartners, families like mine also pay the price

Trans protections targeted after Supreme Court ruling