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Trump administration grants two legal victories to Grand Canyon University

A month after the first meeting of the Trump administration’s new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, Grand Canyon University, the nation’s largest Christian school, has declared victory on two major long-running legal issues: On Friday, the Department of Education…

Emotional intelligence as a leadership strategy

Emotional intelligence is crucial for achieving leadership success. It enables us to truly connect with our teams. Without emotional intelligence, we may overlook many unspoken cues. As defined by Mental Health America, emotional intelligence refers both to comprehending your own…

In England and Wales, a ‘quiet revival’ is boosting faith

In 1800, 15-year-old Mary Jones hiked 26 miles across the harsh terrain of Northern Wales to purchase a Welsh Bible. Her journey inspired William Wilberforce and his band of social reformers to create what would become the Bible Society, a…

AU warns agencies not to believe Trump’s view on Supreme Court rulings

Don’t be misled about U.S. Supreme Court decisions on religious liberty, Americans United warned 18 federal agencies in a May 15 letter. The letter cited a recent presidential memorandum issued by President Donald Trump that “encourages the unlawful repeal of rules…

Texas Gov. Abbott is spreading a conspiracy theory that attacks Muslims

North Texas is a religiously diverse place. Not only are there numerous Protestant megachurches, there also are Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and more. Many, like myself, consider the religious diversity one of the draws of the area….

6 in 10 US adults say they’re Christians

Six in 10 adults living in the United States today identify as Christian, according to Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study. This percentage has decreased gradually as Pew’s longitudinal survey has tracked it over time, dropping from 78% in 2007…

Kindishness: Give it a rest area, Alabamerica

Lost in thought, I missed my exit. That’s not unusual for me. I once drove almost half an hour past the exit to my own house. This time it was a fortunate mistake. I was driving from Tennessee, where our…

A letter to Joe

Other than you being a former president of the United States of America and me being just one of the millions of Democrats who gladly voted you into that office, you and I have a good deal in common. I,…

Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Catherine Meeks

Catherine Meeks is a prolific author of works on race and justice, including the recent memoir, A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter, and one of the Episcopal Church’s most impactful teachers on racial healing. After retiring as the…

Conservatives’ hatred for PBS and NPR is nothing new

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to stop federal funding for PBS and NPR. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.” Republican and evangelical opposition…

SBC megachurch in Houston settles abuse lawsuit out of court

Champion Forest Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Houston, has settled with “strict confidentiality” a lawsuit alleging church and denominational leadership’s complicity in the sexual misconduct of former youth pastor Timothy Jeltema. Three women, anonymously referred to as “Jane…

All the people the recently proposed Obscenity Act does not protect

Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has proposed the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act. The bill would change the legal definition of obscenity across all 50 states, redefining the term with more vague language than before. It aims to do this by…

‘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