The influence of legendary composer Kurt Kaiser is still felt in the Contemporary Christian Music genre he helped launch, author Terry York said during a “change-making conversation” webinar hosted by Baptist News Global. In his new book, Kurt Kaiser: Icon…
Books help us learn, but books also help us love
There is a certain magic lost in the absence of books. Deep connections are forged through the intimacy of gathering close to turn well-loved pages, eagerly anticipating the words and illustrations waiting for us on the other side. Books help…
Looking in the mirror of women in ministry
God called women to ministry in the Bible. God is calling women to ministry now. God will continue calling women to ministry in the future. That is a truth I wished to convey with the mosaic I designed and created…
A playlist for women in ministry
Ever since I was a child, I have felt a connection to music and the way it draws on an artist’s experiences and ideas to invoke new experiences and ideas within the listeners. Throughout my journey, whether as a woman…
Baylor updates its motto after 173 years
Baylor University has updated the school motto that has not been changed since 1851. Regents of the Waco, Texas, university with Baptist roots voted last week to add two words to the Latin motto that is inscribed on the official…
Love, hate and Harry Potter
May 2 is International Harry Potter Day, the anniversary of the climactic Battle of Hogwarts in the final Potter book, when love overcomes hate and death. It’s a very Easter kind of occasion, and intentionally so, according to author J….
Kincaid will lead Baylor’s Institute for Faith and Learning
Elisabeth R. Kincaid has been named director of the Institute for Faith and Learning at Baylor University, succeeding Darin Davis, who led the program from 2007 to 2023. The Institute for Faith and Learning was founded in 1997 to promote the…
Portents in the heavens and signs of the times: An eclipse, Harry Potter and a scholar changing his mind all in the same week
As if it were not enough to have Anne Graham Lotz and Marjorie Taylor Greene warning of God’s judgment on America through a solar eclipse, some in the Religious Right lost their minds over the weekend in two other social…
Baylor Religion Department expands, diversifies and thrives
Baylor University’s Religion Department is not your grandparents’ or your parents’ religion department. It’s not even the religion department it was just a decade ago. It has changed dramatically in faculty and academic direction, featuring a wide diversity of educators…
Three cheers for Baylor honoring Brittney Griner, but the game is not yet won
Brittney Griner’s story continues to transcend women’s basketball. It is a morality play for our times. The good news is that on Sunday, Feb. 18, Baylor University retired Griner’s No. 42 jersey. She was present for the ceremony in Waco,…
White supremacy is so normalized people don’t see it, British scholar warns
White supremacy has become so subtle within Christianity that many white Christians cannot see that racism exists within their churches, Anthony Reddie said during a conference hosted by Baylor University’s George W. Truett Seminary. “The most egregious thing that we…
Being Christian and being anti-racist are the same thing, West declares
The Black church can teach the white church that being a Christian and being anti-racist are one and the same thing, Ralph Douglas West, pastor of the Church Without Walls in Houston, told participants in a Baylor University conference last…