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Seminary removes stained glass windows celebrating conservative takeover of SBC

Stained-glass windows immortalizing individuals who helped move the Southern Baptist Convention to a more theologically and socially conservative position in the late 20th century have been quietly removed from the chapel of one of the convention’s six seminaries.

Why do we continue to label the death of a marriage as a ‘failed marriage’?

Although divorce does not carry the stigma it once did, in our culture it still whispers, “You failed.” The Church needs to find better language and better theology to respond with grace when a marriage dies.

Re-imagining Palm Sunday: Jesus – and Pilate – enter Jerusalem

Imagine that on Palm Sunday, both Jesus and Pilate, enter Jerusalem from the same gate. The tension created in this imaginary scene introduces us to the underlying tension of Holy Week. And we must decide which parade we will attend.

Arrest brings closure for African-American Baptist churches hit by arson

The pastor of one of three African-American Baptist churches burned in the same Louisiana parish in 10 days said with a suspect in custody, he believes the congregations will emerge stronger than before.

How real should pastors be in the pulpit?

Congregations have a right to expect their pastor to be real while also respecting appropriate boundaries. In turn, pastors have a right to embrace their humanity and for their churches to remember that the Word became flesh, not marble.

Transitions for the week of 4-12-19

Weekly transitions in Baptist life including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries, kudos or deaths.

Terrified yet courageous in the face of violence, Mountain Moms survive together

I was undoubtedly one of the only men ever to visit Mountain Moms, a group formed precisely to heal the wounds that men have inflicted on their wives, their girlfriends, their mothers, even. What reason did they have to trust me with their stories?

After a shoot-from-the-hip email, this skeptical pastor sits face to face with CBF’s new CEO

Will there be a place in CBF life for folks like me? Armed for bear, a skeptical pastor sits down for coffee and conversation with the new leader of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Here’s what she discovered.

Living in poverty is hard work

Too often people in the United States see individuals like Glynda Jackson and Tamara Daffron and completely misjudge them. They associate low income or receiving eligible benefits with laziness as if living in poverty was a choice. “I don’t know anyone who would choose to live in poverty.”

Protest over conservative speaker prompts call for Baylor to recognize LGBTQ student group

Protests over a speech at Baylor University by a conservative blogger on record as opposing the “LGBT agenda” prompted more than 2,200 current and former students and other supporters to call on the historically Baptist school to formally recognize a gay-straight student alliance denied a charter since its founding in 2011.

Religion Notes: Amanda Tyler, Bill Leonard team up on history

-CBF Mississippi hosts racial discourse
-ABC-USA applauds Asian Baptist group

It’s not too late, even for extroverts like me, to cultivate silence as a Lenten practice

Fortunately, God has not called me to be a monk. But, by cultivating the discipline of silence during Lent, I see ways God is doing a new work in me.

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?