“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
Franklin Graham, in a move that would make a Pharisee proud, is complaining about President Donald Trump’s public profanity. Graham disconnects Trump’s words from his deeds. He offers a half-baked condemnation of the president’s words. But it is Trump’s deeds…
Walking into my son’s Atlanta-based Jewish school, I was immediately confronted with a sight that left me unsettled: a child dressed as President Donald Trump, complete with a white MAGA hat, for Purim. As I processed my reaction, I considered…
Benevolence may be slipping around the world after reaching a high point from 2021 to 2023, according to a new Gallup survey. Last year, 56% of respondents globally said they had helped a stranger in the prior six months, down…
“All change is loss; all loss must be grieved.” This saying is attributed to Don Garner, retired professor of Old Testament, and he has the credentials to be heard. Not only was he a teacher with a specialty in wisdom…
The meaning of the 19th-century nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty” has been clouded in mystery since it first became popularized in Lewis Caroll’s book Through the Looking Glass published in 1871. Caroll depicted Humpty Dumpty as an anthropomorphic egg, fragile and…
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, announced Feb. 5 that he’s no longer an atheist but a Christian. In an exclusive interview with Baptist News Global, Sanger explained his five-year journey to discover whether God is real. “The Great Commission says…
Does Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just sit around his office and think of new ways to be cruel? Sure seems like it. The churchgoing Southern Baptist, who was impeached by the Texas House but spared conviction by Trump loyalists…
It shouldn’t be this difficult to convince conservative Christians to love their neighbor. But in seemingly every example of someone in power mistreating the marginalized these days, the Religious Right sides with the person in power. The presence those on…
Donald Trump’s return to detaining immigrant children and families is reviving a brutal process from his first administration and must be heavily protested, human rights advocate Amy Fischer said during a March 12 press briefing. “It causes irreparable harm for…
Is the church a safe place for women? Well of course it is, right? I would have thought the church was a safe place, too, until the results came in from my research with more than 2,800 women who worked…
Most of us have a warm and fuzzy image of Jesus. We envision strolling through the countryside, eating loaves and fish with him, basking in the miracles of the sick who are healed and sent home whole again. It’s cozy…
Stories matter. Narratives rule the day in this era of social media and the 24-hour news cycle. Here’s a narrative that often gets lost in the daily breaking news. It must have started in November 2013, when the future president’s…
