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Sexually harassing a nation

I have been watching social media as people are responding to the recent uptick of violent sexual rhetoric targeting women (and everyone, really) from former President Donald Trump and those from his inner circle. This aspect of the Trump campaign…

Do we want to see?

Last week as I was preparing my sermon for Sunday, I was reading the passage in Mark where the blind man, Bartimaeus, asks Jesus to heal his blindness. Unlike other places in Scripture where someone asks Jesus to heal them…

Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Bishop Michael Curry

Michael Curry was elected 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in 2015, after previously serving as bishop of North Carolina. One of America’s most-renowned preachers, he is perhaps most widely known for his sermon at the “royal wedding” of…

Is this a Bonhoeffer Moment?

A week before the election I was in a group of clergy where we were sharing our anxiety about the election, expressing our apprehension that Donald Trump would be elected president, and casting about for the meaning of it all….

Mohler again endorses Trump for president

Al Mohler is a lifelong Republican who sees the choice in this year’s presidential election as “clear” in compelling him to vote for Donald Trump. Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a leading voice of theological interpretation in…

When ‘thy kingdom come’ is a threat more than a blessing

Every election season since I left the final church I was a part of in 2019 is a reminder of why I don’t think I could ever go back. And I know many ex-evangelicals agree with me. I’m writing this…

This year, I’m a single-issue voter

I used to think single-issue voters were totally off-base. I mean, everything’s connected. Political issues never stand alone. The solution to whatever problem motivates the single-issue voter will always affect other problems and other citizens. A good example is an…

GOP officials join ‘Nationwide Prayer Call’ to mobilize evangelical vote

Three congressional Republicans joined activist groups that partner with Focus on the Family for a virtual Sunday evening get-out-the-vote prayer call that urged viewers to usher in a nationwide revival by voting for conservative candidates and issues. “This is not…

Texas pastor posts ‘I Voted’ selfie and gets smacked down by the religious right

Last Friday morning, Texas pastor Zach Lambert tweeted a selfie of him with his “I Voted” sticker with a 13-word description: Straight, White, Male, Lifelong Texan, Lifelong Christian, Local Church Pastor, Kamala Harris voter.” Before he could deliver a Sunday…

Thanks to the college student who prescribed me an anti-pride-essant

Thoughts of suicide hounded me even though I was preaching every Sunday about abundant life. I had suffered from depression and anxiety long before the stress of Ph.D. work. Now the pain was compounded by taking a double full-time course…

Jeffress gets a shoutout from Trump in Arizona

Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress got a shoutout from Donald Trump last week at a rally in Phoenix. Trump was interviewed by Tucker Carlson, who was fired from Fox News for lying but who continues to be an ardent Trump…

United Methodists stress values, character and duty as election looms

With the U.S. presidential election and down-ballot contests looming, United Methodists are making a final push to encourage their sibling Wesleyans to vote as a sacred duty, using Christian values and character traits as their guide. Officially, the denomination, its…

Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission

The Black Church was not meant to save America

Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing