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Documentary short film on SBC and women now available free online

An acclaimed documentary on the crisis around women in ministry in the Southern Baptist Convention has become available for free viewing just days before the denomination’s 2025 annual meeting in Dallas. The YouTube release of Hold the Line is especially…

Take more photos, make more memories

At a funeral for a 92-year-old man this week, I was struck by the family photos scrolling by in the pre-service slide show. I’ve seen hundreds of these slide shows before, but this one jumped out at me. The deceased…

Supreme Court clears way for Trump to deport legal immigrants

A pair of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings have cleared the way for the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the nation legally. The justices agreed May 30 to pause a lower court order preventing Department of Homeland…

Kasich offers recipe for national healing in Heaven Help Us

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich believes stories change people, and he hopes the stories in his new book, Heaven Help Us, will convince others that lives of service can mend a fractured nation. When the idea first surfaced, Kasich thought…

Presidential pardons: From prisoners to political supporters

Presidential pardons have long sparked debate in American politics, often reflecting the values and priorities of the leader in office. But under President Donald Trump, the use of this constitutional power has taken on a new dimension that blurs the…

Where’s Franklin Graham?

After a starring role in the sequel to Donald Trump’s return to power, Franklin Graham is mainly missing from the cameras. Or so it seems. The latest we’ve heard from Graham, he was named to serve on the president’s Religious…

Kevin Smith’s Dogma is back in theaters

One of the most famous religious satires of the past few decades will be back in theaters June 6 as part of a limited release for its 25th anniversary restoration. When Kevin Smith’s Dogma was released in November 1999, it…

Let’s make Pride about ‘us’ more than ‘me’

Those who know me well know I loathe most contemporary Christian music. It’s often inward focused and driven by first-person language. It’s commonly all about one’s personal relationship with God or what God has done for individuals, ignoring the Bible’s…

Yes, Baptist polity makes room for queer Christians

On May 6, my husband and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary. Something we both like to do is give one another a gift and then go out to eat. For a while I have been thinking about what to…

Stronger than yesterday

From my post at the front desk of our local YMCA, I notice a lot of interesting slogans on T-shirts as members scan in to work out. Recently a man came through wearing a T-shirt, the arms of which were…

Patriot Mobile’s Leigh Wambsganss and the duplicity of Christian nationalist women

Anyone who has been tracking the rise of Christian nationalism should know of Patriot Mobile and its chief communications officer, Leigh Wambsganss. She, the company she represents and that company’s political action committee each had starring roles in investigative journalist…

Proposed SBC resolutions throw red meat to the base, avoid key issues

When the Southern Baptist Convention meets in annual session each summer, few things make as many headlines as the resolutions adopted in those two-day sessions. This year will be no exception as the voting participants — called “messengers” in SBC…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone