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Most young people are unsettled in the new year but few plan to turn to the church for help

Young people in the United States are fearful about the new year but are not turning to churches or other faith communities for solace or guidance, according to a research group that tracks the spiritual lives and perspectives of Generation…

My church started speaking another language (and it wasn’t unknown tongues)

Rodolfo has been taking care of my yard for three or four years. He does a great job and is one of the hardest-working guys I know. I see him all over the neighborhood, mowing and trimming grass. He tends…

Former high school football coach gets a second shot at the Supreme Court with his claim that he ought to be able to lead public post-game prayers on the 50-yard-line

A Seattle-area high school football coach has extended his religious liberty claim into unexpected overtime, with the United States Supreme Court agreeing to hear his case for a second time. Joseph Kennedy, a former Bremerton High School coach, was placed…

Opportunities to apply the slight weight of our convictions

Recently I forwarded the social media link to an article detailing the ways religious piety was intertwined with the violent uprising at our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. My ever-thoughtful friend Susan responded with this question: “Scary. How is…

Lifeway’s new headquarters is much smaller, designed for collaboration, not offices

In the span of six years, Lifeway Christian Resources has downsized its headquarters twice, moving from a 15-acre campus with nine buildings to its newest intended location that will be 46,000 square feet — about the size of an average…

Intrigue visits a booth at BubbaDoo’s

Isn’t it funny how the best comedy and the most intriguing fiction usually write themselves? The more I visit the old general store, the more fascinating I find the people-watching there to be. That’s because I’m getting to know the…

Traditionalist United Methodists’ offer to pay for vaccination of African delegates is not the shot in the arm they thought it would be

United Methodist politics erupted in a public confrontation this week as three international bishops and a dozen other church leaders denounced a traditionalist group’s offer to provide coronavirus immunizations for General Conference delegates from countries with limited vaccine access. The…

The meaning of Jesus in these odd times

I recently received an email from Alfonso Armada, playwright, author and journalist, who lives in Madrid, Spain. Candyce and I invited him to Wake Forest University several years ago where he gave a theater reading and spoke of international affairs…

On one-year anniversary of Biden’s inauguration, immigration advocates offer both praise and frustration

President Joe Biden needn’t look far for praise, criticism and advice for his handling of the immigration issue on the one-year mark of his inauguration — a milestone immigration advocates and religious leaders are using to spur more action to…

Transitions for the week of 1-21-22

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Rosemary Allen, to Georgetown (Ky.) University, as president. She has served as interim president since October and also…

I came to America the right way and still was imprisoned for more than five months

In 2018, I was at JFK airport about to fly internationally for the first time after the grant of my refugee status in 2017. The line was very long — the definitive punishment for people who could not afford a…

Justices appear skeptical of Boston’s reasons for excluding Christian flag

The latest religious liberty case heard by the United States Supreme Court should have been settled before it got to Washington, justices said during oral arguments Jan. 18. Yet the court accepted the case and spent 90 minutes debating it…

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