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Who is the domestic terrorist?

In the wake of the violence of January 6, 2021, some observers wondered why the insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol weren’t charged with domestic terrorism. The reason is simple: There is no standalone federal crime on the books for domestic...

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Online spiritual resources for observing Lent available

Resources to help observe the season of Lent are available online, from the Birmingham, Ala.-based Passport Inc., a Baptist congregation in Charlottesville, Va., and the Baptist Center for Ethics. Journey to the Cross, a Lenten devotional series sponsored by Passport,…

Churches celebrate 200th with theatrical production

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two First Baptist churches sit across from each other on Capitol Square in Raleigh, N.C. One, on Wilmington Street, is attended mostly by African-American worshipers; the other, on Salisbury Street, is predominantly white. The two churches have…

Taking to the streets on Ash Wednesday

(RNS) — Five years ago, Teresa K.M. Danieley had an epiphany of sorts. If people can grab breakfast on the go or pay a bill from their cell phone, she thought, why shouldn’t they be able to get their ashes…

Lent for Baptists

By Jim Denison If you’re like me, you grew up in a Baptist church where Lent was a foreign word. Like all things Catholic, it was ignored if not rejected. In recent years, I have come to see the error…