Social media was abuzz this week with reaction to Southern Baptist Convention leader Al Mohler appearing on a podcast with Christian nationalist Doug Wilson. The mere fact of them being in conversation is the most notable thing, because what they...
There are thousands of young LGBTQ Christians across the country sitting in church pews, overwhelmed by anxiety and shame. Each week, they hear sermons suggesting their identity —something they did not choose and cannot change — is a barrier to…
When the Southern Baptist Convention holds its annual meeting in Dallas in two weeks, the role of women in ministry will take center stage — again. An issue many thought was settled 25 years ago just won’t go away for…
Apart from evangelicals and die-hard Trump supporters, America’s religious leaders find the president’s “big beautiful bill” adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives to be immoral, unkind and un-Christian. “Page for page, the ‘big beautiful bill’ championed by Mr. Trump…
The national school voucher program included in a bill passed by the U.S. House will make the rich richer and further marginalize students based on religious, economic and disability status, panelists said during a recent town hall meeting. The May…
“TODAY WAS WILD!!! A RIOT BROKE OUT IN SEATTLE!!” Those were the exuberant words of revivalist Ross Johnston celebrating on Instagram in all caps as chaos erupted during a worship protest Saturday in Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park. “NO MORE CUTE…
When Cristina Rathbone decided to head to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019, she believed God was calling her there. What happened there is told in her new book, The Asylum Seekers. Working with marginalized people was nothing new to her….
Sinclair Lewis is quoted as saying, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” He wrote his novels in the 1930s, the time of the first “America First” movement when our nation…
The echo chamber sends unending messages each day about the onslaught of the evil that is walking the national leadership halls surrounded by an aura of being unstoppable. It is maddening. I am sure I am not alone in being…
Derek Webb had plans. A tour commemorating the 20th anniversary of one of his early albums was in the works. There were thoughts of a new release mid-year and a subsequent promotional tour to round out 2025. But then February…
Gareld Duane Rollins, whose allegations of abuse by Houston judge Paul Pressler were ignored for decades by leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention, died May 23, according to Robert Downen, the journalist who reported on his case more than anyone…
At the campus counseling center, I had promised my therapist, Chrissy, that, unlike previous forays into counseling, I would be completely honest. In a previous article on dealing with depression, I described how being honest with a college student convinced…
Forty years ago, on May 13, 1985, a tragedy unfolded in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia that would forever scar the conscience of a city and shock the world. On that day, the Philadelphia Police Department — under…
