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Letter to the Editor: Don’t forget monastic business models

Dear Editor: Editor Mark Wingfield’s opinion piece of February 23, “Should Everything Be ‘Run Like a Business,” echoes the growing frustrations of many churchgoing Americans — that the corporate drive for eternal profit and the political knife of efficiency to…

Be ‘hopeful doom-scrollers,’ Pritzker urges

Those working tirelessly to challenge the chaos of the Trump administration must be “hopeful doom-scrollers,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told participants in a “Together for Democracy” conference in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25. The Democratic governor was a keynote speaker at…

Now Ryan Walters seeks bids for Bible-based curriculum in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Department of Education has opened the bidding process for a Bible-based curriculum designed for public elementary school children, according to a newly posted Request for Proposal. The move comes as state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters deals…

CBF and coalition win temporary order against ICE raids in churches

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and others who filed suit to block the Trump administration from sending ICE agents into houses of worship won a temporary restraining order Feb. 24. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chang issued an order blocking the administration’s…

Read the Bible as subversive speech against empire, Boesak and Griffen say

The Bible, like the parables of Jesus, is subversive speech that should inspire Christians to action today, according to Allan Boesak and Wendell Griffen. The two are authors of Parables, Politics and Prophetic Faith, a new book that interprets and…

Money, Lies, and God profiles America’s anti-democratic movement

Americans who are confused or upset about Trump 2.0 will find a helpful guide in Katherine Stewart’s latest book, Money, Lies, and God, which examines the far-right billionaires, evangelical activists and think tanks behind MAGA’s assaults on our laws, traditions…

Democrats will use ‘bully pulpit’ to stand against Trump’s cruelty, Congressman says

Democrats in Congress will pull out the stops to oppose the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on federal agencies and its collateral effects on the American people, U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said during a virtual town hall hosted by Democracy…

Why the growth of interracial marriage offers hope for America

According to the latest Gallup Poll, 94% of Americans now approve of interracial marriage. The change since 1967, when Loving v. Virginia made interracial marriage legal, is nothing short of spectacular. American support for abortion access, according to Pew Research,…

America has walked away from the battle for international goodwill

Imagine for a moment that you’re cleaning your couch and as you clean you find an assortment of coins that add up to a dollar. As you count the coins, consider these coins as a reflection of the federal budget….

The silence is too loud!

On a cold day in January 1983, I sat on a bus in Beirut, Lebanon, stunned by my inability to speak. I was with a handful of my fellow Americans who had been invited by Americans for Middle East Understanding…

‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’

As Christians in America, we are called to be salt and light in a world that desperately needs guidance, truth and justice. However, there seems to be a growing trend within the Christian community to adopt the posture of “see…

Ministry jobs and more

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Rise of American authoritarianism demands a choice, Perryman says

Shaving Dad goodbye

The Enhanced Games were another MAGA grift

It’s bad interpretation, not the Bible, limiting female pastors