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Attacks on Zohran Mamdani defy religious liberty

Recent events reveal some of our politicians have forgotten America was founded on religious freedom that included respect for those whose religious beliefs differ from our own. Zohran Mamdani faces a flurry of anti-Muslim attacks after his New York City…

A critical assessment of the president’s ‘big beautiful bill’

Just days before President Donal Trump left office at the conclusion of his first term in office, a “1776 Commission” he created in 2020 issued its report, calling for “patriotic education” designed to counter what he claimed was a “twisted…

Meet Mary Miller, founder of Congressional Family Caucus

Forty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have joined the Congressional Family Caucus, a group formed in 2023 to defend the interests of families and oppose “the radical Left,” which allegedly seeks to “replace the natural family with the…

Supreme Court upholds Texas law limiting access to online porn

The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a Texas law that limits online access to “sexually explicit” materials. Although the ruling specifically applies to Texas, it has implications for other states that have adopted similar “age ID” verification procedures for online…

Trump wants to take back citizenship already given to some immigrants

Stripping some naturalized Americans of citizenship is now a top priority of the U.S. Justice Department, according to a memorandum recently made public. “President Trump and Attorney General (Pam) Bondi have directed the Civil Division to use its enforcement authorities…

UMC can sue SMU over governance, Texas high court says

The Texas Supreme Court says the South Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church has legal standing to sue Southern Methodist University over changed bylaws that deprived the regional body of its right to govern the church-owned university located in…

Hanch to lead Perkins’ Baptist House of Studies

Kate Hanch has been named director of the Baptist House of Studies at SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. She comes to the post from First St. Charles United Methodist Church in St. Charles, Mo., where she has served as associate…

Bill Moyers: Fearless speaker of truth

When I saw the news of Bill Moyers dying, I felt all the oxygen left my office. Never has one person spoken more truth to power than Moyers. The tributes to him are prodigious and well-deserving. I add here some…

Johnson gives ‘glory to God’ for Trump’s big bill but others say God is mocked

While Speaker of the House Mike Johnson gave glory to God for final passage of the “big beautiful bill,” other religious leaders decried the legislation as un-Christian, un-American, evil and dangerous. On July 3, after the House passed the bill…

Vetoing our future

More than 3.8 million Texas kids qualify for the free or reduced-price lunch program during the school year. Government programs support their nutrition because we know hungry children do not learn as well as other children. They don’t grow as…

American Baptist agency issues pastoral letter on mass deportations

American Baptist Home Mission Societies issued a pastoral response to federal deportations July 3, saying the denomination will not back down from ministry. “The Church as Refuge: A Pastoral Response to Mass Deportations” is a brief letter to the congregations…

The fireworks we need this Fourth of July

In 1989, I stood on a pee-wee football field, my skin the color of a fresh beet and close to blistering. Done so by the beams of a luminous ball of gas floating in space, some 93 million miles away….

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system