When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

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An airman reflects: don’t thank me this Memorial Day

I was talking to one of our Air Force senior leaders the other day who said, “Everyone who has served on the front lines of this war has been forever changed.” That was cool, because “Forever Changed” is the name…

A modest proposal for future patriotic celebrations

Memorial Day is approaching. Students are looking forward to “warming-up” for summer vacation, and families are anticipating weekend festivities around beaches, swimming pools, and backyard grills. American flags will be prominently displayed, and most U.S. citizens at least intend to…

The happiness U-curve

By John Chandler I am 54 years old and have wonderful news for people who are roughly my age: all things equal, life gets a lot better, and you are about to get happier. This, according to Brookings Institute senior…

A birthday party on our deathbed: Pentecost and the Pew study

Last week, the Pew Research Center reported that between 2007 and 2014, “the Christian share of the population (in the U.S.) fell from 78.4 percent to 70.6 percent, driven mainly by declines among mainline Protestants and Catholics.” Evangelicals are in…

CBF’s Porter gives peek at new global missions process

By Jeff Brumley Steven Porter has made it clear since he was named head of global missions for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship that the organization must overhaul the structure and operation of its domestic and overseas missions efforts. Now, a…

Virginia church discovers what ‘mission’ means in its community

By Vicki Brown Powers has spent nearly 10 years “helping Christians work on listening for God’s voice” as pastor of Westhaven Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Va. Now 100 years old, Westhaven is a traditional Baptist church that had once been…

The busybody of Christ

By Starlette McNeill So, it appears that I have slipped into a series and that this is now one of three parts on the body of Christ. I assure you that this reality was not planned. Maybe I should call…

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ resonates with desire for hope and redemption

Mad Max: Fury Road is like much summer fare and looks to be a reboot of an old franchise. The first “Mad Max” movie was made in 1979. Many summer movies are just that: an old movie, an old story,…

How do we get along when there’s no middle ground? Part 2

In part one I told you the story of a couple of gay New York hoteliers who met with Ted Cruz and were treated as a result to calls for a boycott and other harassments. This situation prompted me to…