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Justice for George Floyd: what went wrong and how to make it right

From my vantage point as a lawyer, judge and Baptist minister, I have reviewed carefully the matter of George Floyd’s death while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers and the stream of events in the wake of his death. The list of what went wrong is long and damning.

Will we white Christians continue to ignore the pleas of our black brothers and sisters?

We have a systemic problem, one that our African American brothers and sisters have tried to warn us about year after year, decade after decade, only to be ignored.

Engaging online worshipers key to boosting discipleship during pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of learning for churches as they adjust to virtual ministry, said Andy Jung, associate executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina.

‘I can’t breathe’: three words that capture the crushing weight of systemic racism in America

Those of us who are white are asked by the cross to stand in solidarity with the crucified class to dismantle the structures of white supremacy that sustains itself through the use, abuse and destruction of black and brown bodies.

‘We can’t breathe’: an apt Pentecost prayer for white Christians

Now more than ever, we need that Breath in our bodies, that fire in our bones, that vision of an otherwise possibility that bespeaks sheer revolution and not a measured tinkering with a supposedly “broken system.”

The time is now: Born-again Christians need to make some babies

The Holy Spirit is conceiving new life and needs a partner. The Church, the body of Christ, is called to be born again and again and again. May we be a body in the infancy of innovative growth, a body vulnerable and yet powerful as the Church enters an unknown future full of new possibilities.

Ahmaud, Breonna, Christian, George, and The Talk every black boy receives

Today I am trying my hardest to find solace in Jesus, another man who cried out to his mother, and to his father, when he was bleeding and suffocating on the lynching tree, being put to death by people who believed they had more power than he.

COVID-19 pandemic creating long-lasting food shortages for poor

The COVID-19 pandemic will leave a lasting impact on food-insecure Americans and the organizations that combat hunger.

The First Amendment and religious freedom compel me to refute Trump’s position on churches reopening

I come from people who had to “steal away” to worship God. Slaveowners could not prevent my ancestors from worshiping God and caring for others. No politician in the current version of U.S. slavocracy will do so.

Mr. President, worship is an essential part of my life, but not an essential part of my death

If the church is truly committed to the “care of souls,” then my physical absence on Sundays is not a test of faith, it’s an affirmation of faith and life. If God really is present everywhere, and if churches continue to offer worship online, then so be it. The Spirit knows where to find me, wherever I am.

Is the pandemic-era church a church without baptisms, funerals and other major rituals?

“I have to ask myself: am I doing anything I was called to do when I became a pastor?”

Ministry jobs and more

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The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone