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Supreme Court will hear Oklahoma charter school case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of using taxpayer dollars to fund a religious K-12 charter school in Oklahoma. The justices announced Jan. 24 they will review a June 2024 Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling determining the…

White evangelical men weaponize the gospel against women because they don’t respect women

“Do men desperately need respect, while women desperately need love?” This was the question posed by Sheila Gregoire on a recent episode of the “Bare Marriage” podcast. “That is the thesis of a lot of bestselling books in evangelicalism like Love and…

What is a woman? We all are, according to Trump’s executive order

Years ago, I was teaching a small group of older children about what it means to be a follower of Jesus. We were discussing Paul’s statement in Galatians, “There is neither male nor female; for you are all one in…

The inevitable invisibility of aging women in the church

In a 2019 essay for The Atlantic, Akiko Busch asks, “How might a woman’s identity evolve when she can go unrecognized, when she is no longer under the gaze of others?” The essay asserts an ultimate freedom of choice: because…

Willkommen im cabaret: Young people’s thoughts on our political climate

Remember learning about the dictatorial reign of Adolf Hitler during history class and wondering, “What would I have done?” Willkommen, say young Americans whose political radars are flashing red for fascism. In a recent TikTok video, 29-year-old filmmaker Jonah Green…

Quakers file suit to stop ICE raids at churches like what happened Sunday

One day after federal immigration agents arrested a man at a church in Georgia, a coalition of Quaker meetings filed suit in federal court to block the Department of Homeland Security raids at houses of worship. The new policy of…

Federal appeals court takes up Louisiana Ten Commandments case

A three-judge panel last week heard oral arguments about a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in K-12 and public college and university classrooms. The Jan. 23 hearing in the Fifth U.S. Cricut Court of Appeals in New Orleans came…

Reports of school library book bans were a ‘hoax,’ Trump appointees say

All those worries about book bans in public school libraries was just a “hoax,” according to the Trump administration. The acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education made that declaration in a Jan. 24 news…

Maybe this is why Trump wants to reboot American imperialism in Greenland

From the Smurfs to Superman, 2025 will be the year of the reboot in movie theaters across America. It’s common, during times of economic crisis and social upheaval, for Hollywood to trot out familiar favorites, playing on nostalgia for a…

‘School choice’ expected to grow under Trump

Conservative Christian activists hope President Donald Trump’s pledge to close the Federal Department of Education and “move everything back to the states” will help them expand “school choice” programs that use taxpayer dollars for vouchers students can use to attend…

‘My church may not be entered by federal agents, but it is not only my church that concerns me’

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement Jan. 21 that attempts to build the framework for federal immigration enforcement agencies to have the right to enter schools and churches to make arrests. This statement overturns previous ICE precedent…

America needs a new sanctuary movement today

As President Donald Trump categorically bans people from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and cancels flights for incoming refugees, it’s worth recalling this isn’t the first time the federal government has failed the world’s most vulnerable — nor would it be the first time…

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?