“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
Everyone needs grace. Republicans, Democrats and independents need grace. Undocumented immigrants and Christian nationalists need grace. People of color and people of privilege need grace. Young and old, rich and poor, gendered and non-gendered, more or less educated, born in…
The principal strength from which the forces of despotism operate comes not from their accomplices in infamy but from the silence of those who turn a blind eye, who have been cowed into silence, saved (they think) by means of…
We are living in a moment of widespread moral confusion, and yet we have no shortage of people claiming to speak with moral and even prophetic authority. Everyone seems certain. Everyone seems outraged. Everyone seems convinced God is on their…
Federal attacks against refugees and undocumented immigrants represent an imminent threat to the constitutional rights of all Americans, UnidosUS President Janet Murguia said. “The government overreach and abuse of power we have seen from the Trump administration is unlawful, unacceptable…
Civil rights advocates are protesting the arrests of lawfully resettled refugees as part of the Trump administration’s widening mass detention and deportation campaign. Federal immigration agents have arrested dozens of refugees who were cleared by extensive security screenings before being…
For some of us, watching Druski’s recent megachurch parody is hitting a nerve because it’s holding up a mirror. Druski is a comedian and cultural commentator known for using humor to reflect everyday truths about Black life, power and performance,…
Since its inception, the Black Church has stood for activism. It has been loud when the world demanded silence. Emotive in a culture that prizes stoicism over vulnerability. Communal in the face of capitalism’s insistence on individualism. Faithful amid unrelenting…
United Methodist bishops are seeking to educate and elevate new leadership for the worldwide denomination as it enters 2026 with a new structure and goals after half a decade of turmoil and disaffection. Toward those ends, three webinars are planned…
Most people know him as Martin Luther King Jr., but he was born Michael King Jr. — “Mike” to his friends for the rest of his life. His father, the influential Atlanta pastor Martin Luther “Daddy” King Sr., renamed them…
“In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher.” Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. That dream, however, has no hope of being understood apart from King’s Baptist identity. The son of…
Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s muse and adviser, told Jake Tapper of CNN, “We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the…
This article is a follow-up to a previous post, “The God I Don’t Believe In.” I majored in religion at college. One semester I took a class called Christian Doctrine. I still remember the final exam. The professor wrote it on…
