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Transitions for the week of 8-12-22

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Eric Ayers, to Pfafftown (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. He had been serving as interim pastor. Dawson Bailey,…

At long last, Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy appears to be dead

The White House is pulling the plug on the Migrant Protection Protocols after a federal judge on Aug. 8 lifted an injunction requiring the continued use of the Trump administration anti-asylum policy. The action by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in…

In applauding Victor Orban, U.S. conservatives call their shot

Conservatives in the United States have called their shot. According to baseball lore, Babe Ruth, in game three of the 1932 World Series at Wrigley Field, pointed his bat at center field. He then hit a homerun in that spot….

Christian nationalism is a danger to our nation

It is time to defend Christianity from Christian nationalists. This term distorts the message of Jesus and endangers one of the basic liberties provided to every American in the Bill of Rights. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) recently gave voice to…

How The Jetsons and Westworld help us think about robots, personhood and faith

The internet droned on last week about the future of artificial intelligence and the human race when people began to compute that George Jetson was born on July 31, 2022. The Jetsons premiered in 1962 with a storyline that was set in 2062…

Some evangelical leaders see FBI visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago as evidence of the religious persecution coming to them

The Biden administration and the FBI are responsible for “politicizing” American citizens, persecuting a former U.S. president and causing Americans to be confused about real truth, a leading conservative evangelical spokesman said Aug. 9 in response to an FBI visit…

Advice from a sunflower

In the early morning, I watch their golden faces from my kitchen window. Often, I whisper a prayer for those in Ukraine. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost six months. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot…

Where are the women on the SBC’s first and second sexual abuse task forces?

The newest task force appointed to address sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention shares one key thing in common with the first Sexual Abuse Task Force that wrapped up its work this summer: Only two women are represented on…

Progressive National Convention joins with AFL-CIO to advance racial and economic justice

What happened to American conservatism? Engaging Matthew Continetti’s The Right

Department of Justice investigating SBC on sexual abuse

Historic Kentucky church calls gay man as co-pastor