Sometimes things are so scary you have to make fun of them to make a serious point. That’s what Baptist News Global hopes to do with our downloadable set of Project 2025 Bingo cards. There are three cards, one each…
This is what it feels like to be ‘collateral damage to your rage’
Donald J. Trump has been president or running for president my entire voting life. 2016 was the first presidential election I could vote in. I remember waking up that November and feeling, like many Americans, wholly shocked by the election…
Vote for us, because in the economy of God, there is no them
I never have told anyone — not even my children — how to vote. Today, though, I shall ask you to consider for whom to vote, if you have not already. I encourage you to vote for your neighbor, for…
Seeing in color
I am old enough to remember black and white television. Color TVs didn’t become affordable until the mid-1960s, and I recall getting our first one at home in 1969. Seeing actors in full color made a difference. While I can’t…
Health care is a human right
No person’s health care outcome should ever be determined by their financial income. That is the sort of clear moral truth concerning which people who are Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians, along with people of no faith but…
Faith leaders among those concerned about a North Carolina hospital that went from nonprofit to for-profit
The grassroots movement in support of patient-focused care at a Western North Carolina hospital is nothing less than a spiritual quest for beloved community, as Missy Harris sees it. “I definitely see my role in this coalition, and the work…
How to fix anemic U.S. rural health care? Learn from Africa and look to the churches, Birx says
Deborah Birx knows how to solve America’s rural health care crisis, and it involves faith leaders and congregations. How does she know? Because she fixed Africa’s rural health care problem during the height of the AIDS pandemic, relying every step…
Medical professionals address myths and misconceptions about transgender kids
Transgender people often know by kindergarten that their bodies and gender identities do not line up, a health care expert said during a virtual panel discussion about trans health and emotional development. And contrary to the claims of conservative politicians…
Zimbabwean pastors flee ministry to join more lucrative care work in the UK
Zimbabwe is blighted by a fearsome 240% inflation rate, one of the world’s highest. The nation’s pastors, although dedicated to the calling of Christ’s work, are struggling to eat or pay bills just like their impoverished congregants. “We can’t dance…