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Getting out the ‘Christian’ vote: Today’s Vote Common Good is much like yesterday’s Moral Majority

The problem with some organizations, like Vote Common Good on the left or Moral Majority on the right, is this: They attempt to shoehorn faith into the mold of a political party, instead of letting faith be the mold through which Christians reach their political decisions.

Reverend presiding over Matthew Shepard service: ‘I’ve carried Matt around in my heart for the last 20 years’

Matthew Shepard has become an international symbol of the violence LGBT people in America face after his death in 1998, when he was savagely beaten and tied to a fence by two men. Now, 20 years after his death, Shepard’s ashes…

The Health Department’s Christian crusade

The religious right has infiltrated the office of Health and Human Services, and reproductive rights are the first target.

Communion of the saints: remembering those souls, past and present, who light our way

Remembering those who have shaped our lives is an instructive spiritual discipline. We tend to think that those who have died have disappeared utterly from this world, no longer accessible. Yet, our imagination can bridge heaven and earth, and we can continue to receive the impact of their lives.

Black pastors challenge their white colleagues’ silence

“We need to hear you say clearly in the pulpit and in the streets that white supremacy and racism is wrong,” a black pastor told a group of white colleagues following the police shooting of an unarmed, African-American man. “And no more generalizations. It has to be specific.”

Vote, or don’t. The issues are larger than elections

Elections are but the end result of an advocacy for the common good that starts in each watershed. Imagine a different future, find collaborators and spend yourself extravagantly.

Cory Booker could be a candidate for the ‘religious left’

If he does run for president, as many expect, Booker may be one of the first Democratic candidates in decades to actively cultivate support from religious progressives.

The evangelical women who reject Trump

Evangelical women helped Trump get elected. Now some of them are turning against him and his candidates – and could sway the outcome in key elections in November.

Transitions for the week of 10-26-18

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Marcia Bailey, to First Baptist Church, Pottstown, Pa., as acting pastor. David Goddard, to First Baptist Church,…

Sex expert says Genesis not final word on gender roles

Sexologist William Stayton said biology doesn’t support a literal interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve to explain the difference between the sexes last week at a JUST SEX Conference sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists. Stayton, professor emeritus…

When it comes to sex, turn to Bible, not biblical interpretation, scholar says

A good starting point for understanding what the Bible says about sex is the Bible, an Episcopalian scholar said at three-day discussion of “just” sex arranged by the Alliance of Baptists Oct. 18-20 in Nashville, Tenn. Kelly Brown Douglas, canon…

Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian

Restored Voices Collective gets GRACE report on former board member

‘CatsOnACouch’ influencer sues over First Amendment rights

Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit