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T-shirts send a message about gun violence

Churches across Texas are participating in a campaign to raise awareness about gun violence and build coalitions focused on its prevention. Texas Impact designed its Vidas Robadas — Spanish for “Taken Lives” — project to connect university and church-based advocates…

A response to Harrison Butker

I have listened to the entire commencement speech on YouTube that Harrison Butker gave at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan. Butker has the right to say whatever he wants and I will always defend that right. However, I have a…

As 18 million face starvation in Sudan, embattled country gets little financial help

Of all the epicenters of wars in the world today, none has triggered as much displacement of citizens as in Sudan, the Northeastern African country of about 46 million people, according to the International Rescue Committee. The IRC says Sudan’s lingering…

Trump has a women problem

As former President Donald Trump sits in criminal court racking up criminal contempt of court orders, the world gets a sordid view into the behind-the-scenes behavior of the former president. We shouldn’t be shocked; we have seen the pattern of…

Yes, ‘Palestine’ is a place despite what Facebook memes may have told you

As Israel wages war against Hamas in Gaza, many Americans have declared themselves armchair generals who think they understand everything about one of the most complex geo-religio-political conflicts in world history. Dear readers, Facebook is a poor resource for a…

Exiles from Immanuel Baptist find new life at a historic Baptist church in Little Rock

The sexual abuse schism that has rocked one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in Arkansas is now bringing new life to a Baptist church building with a different kind of history. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported May 19 that about…

Hold to Christ and loosen your grip on the rest

The noted Cambridge historian Herbert Butterfield in his book Christianity and History, closes with the words: “Hold to Christ, and for the rest be totally uncommitted.” Those may be words most needed these days when we are tempted to place…

Queer folks are used to having to come to terms with workers who come late to the vineyard

You know the parable: After the work, after the harvest, after the painful hours of crushed dignity and thankless labor, the day grows cool. As the work becomes easier and the task less thankless, some new friends come to join…

Coalition offers training for churches and faith leaders in how to interact with angry protesters during Pride events

Against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ violence, Interfaith Alliance and its partners will provide training for faith leaders and congregations to serve as buffers between hate groups and those attending Pride month events in June. “While this year it is…

How can the church help youth struggling with mental illness?

With the demands of social media and the stress and challenges of greater social isolation as evidenced during the COVID pandemic, youth today are facing significant pressure with limited support. Ask any youth you know, and they will tell you…

Christian groups helped elect school board that restored Confederate names

The Virginia school board that voted last week to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two schools was elected with the help of conservative Christian groups that promote parental rights and oppose Critical Race Theory. Ever since the Shenandoah…

Huett named chief operating officer of CBF

Longtime Cooperative Baptist Fellowship staff member Jeff Huett has been named to a newly created position of chief operating officer. According to a CBF news release, Huett will coordinate collaboration between finance, human resources, identity and communications, information technology, and…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church