“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...
In his Tuesday speech to Congress, President Donald Trump praised his own “swift and unrelenting action” on 100 executive orders and 400 executive actions, many of them based on Project 2025, an unpopular conservative blueprint he disavowed and claimed ignorance…
The Law Amendment is not dead yet. The controversial amendment to the Constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention — which failed to get a two-thirds vote on second reading last June — would enshrine a prohibition on SBC churches allowing…
Oklahoma and Utah are among the latest states with proposed legislation that would allow health care providers to refuse specific procedures, care or medication based on vaguely defined moral, religious or conscientious beliefs. So-called “conscientious objection” laws are not entirely…
At least 96 court cases have been filed against the Trump administration for actions taken in the first six weeks of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The website Just Security has created an online tracker that enumerates the…
In an era when democracy demands vigilance, I find it deeply troubling to witness the unchecked influence of billionaire Elon Musk over the federal government. As president of the board of directors for the Alliance of Baptists, I feel compelled…
The Trump administration faces at least four lawsuits from activist groups, migrants and U.S. citizens for eliminating deportation protections that have saved hundreds of thousands of migrants from war, poverty and persecution in their home countries. One of the federal…
The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists is among 11 Christian groups issuing an Ash Wednesday statement opposing President Donald Trump’s policies on LGBTQ rights, immigration and disruptions to federal funding for vulnerable populations. “We can’t mince words about what’s…
President Donald Trump, at his smirking, scoffing, bragging best, spent his State of the Union address making a campaign rally speech. He could not conceal his rage at the Democrats who are duly elected members of Congress but won’t bow…
The former Southwestern Seminary professor who confessed to lying to the FBI about a sexual abuse case was sentenced March 5 to time served, to be followed by one year of supervised release that includes six months of home confinement…
There’s a powerful quote buried halfway through Madeleine L’Engle’s children’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time: “’Stay angry, little Meg,’ Mrs. Whatsit whispered. ‘You will need all your anger now.’” Just as Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry and Calvin O’Keefe are…
A conservative friend on social media recently admitted that some of the storylines around Donald Trump’s second term have been extreme but concluded this is simply the way the pendulum swings. In one sense, what he said was true. Since…
The American Baptist Churches in the USA and The United Methodist Church are among a host of religious bodies joining Church World Service in issuing an “Ash Wednesday Declaration” in support of refugee resettlement work. The declaration comes as the…
