The George Floyd Global Memorial has been awarded a $250,000 collaborative grant by organizations devoted to national and global justice and democracy. The Henry Luce Foundation and the Wayfarer Foundation announced the joint gift ahead of the anniversary of Floyd’s…
I’m now banned from ministering at a place I love
In September 2007, as a freshman at Samford University, I wrote these words: “Dr. Matthew Kerlin, minister to the university, stood near the front of the chapel and invited us to take part in the Eucharist. … Over seven hundred…
The church needs to do better on monkeypox than it did on HIV, faith leaders say
This story has been updated to include comments from Leland Allen, an infectious disease doctor in Birmingham, Ala. In one social media meme, a happy young woman and man are shown walking down a wedding aisle with friends applauding them….