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...
By Brett Younger I have about had it with faith. When Paul says, “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three” (1 Cor. 13:13), I hope the order is alphabetical. I am fine with hope — Shawshank Redemption kind…
When you’ve spent your entire life asking the world for permission to exist, it can be rather unnerving when it repeatedly answers back with a resounding “no.” Growing up, I enjoyed a rather typical existence for a middle class white…
If it takes a village to raise a child, the same is true when life draws to a close and death ushers a loved one into the greater presence of God. Loss, particularly death, is difficult to face apart from the…
The spiritual wisdom to be found in the Gospel of Thomas just may be the kind of spiritual wisdom contemporary Christians most need. The Gospel of Thomas is part of the collection of fifty-two texts (thirteen papyrus books – “codices”)…
By Brian Kaylor The Aug. 9, 2014, death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the killing of others elsewhere at the hands of white police officers and the recent massacre of nine African-American churchgoers by a white supremacist have grabbed…
By Bob Allen Former U.S. Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined an agenda to “raise incomes and get our economy working for everyone” in a video message released Aug. 5 by a group of Christian leaders…
By Bob Allen A homeowner couple who claim they were treated unfairly in a Southern Baptist Convention entity’s decision to unload Glorieta Baptist Conference Center said in a court document Aug. 5 that no religious organization should be allowed to…
