President Donald Trump and MAGA are in a meltdown over socialism. While Trump has made his political fortune fomenting fear, now he and MAGA are afraid of losing the midterms. One of the shibboleths they’re raising in response is “socialism.”...
High school freshman Lucy Boyd gave up most of the summer to design, plan and organize the construction of a sensory room for special needs children at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. The congregation’s new Preschool Sensory Room offers special…
A few weeks ago, I watched the Netflix documentary Death of the Pastor’s Wife. I was sad, but not surprised, that a woman’s testimony was considered so threatening it warranted death. What is it that makes women’s stories so dangerous…
I was raised in evangelical Christianity. My grandfather was an evangelist in the 1950s. My mom was the church pianist. I grew up in Sunday school and youth group, the kind designed to keep kids like me out of trouble….
The Dollywood Foundation has asked the world to “Give Like Dolly.” A month after Dolly Parton’s death, it was a fitting tribute to a woman whose generosity became almost as much a part of her public identity as her music….
Coalitions of religious and civic organizations have taken to the nation’s roads to urge Americans to vote in the midterm elections. Interfaith Alliance’s 15-state “The Vote is Sacred” bus tour officially kicked off Oct. 6 in Omaha, Neb., in an…
Taking advantage of an overnight layover in Rome last summer, I hit the Roman roads for a run at sunrise and happened upon the Colosseum. I instantly thought of the Christian witness against the cruelty once celebrated within its walls….
President Donald Trump and MAGA are in a meltdown over socialism. While Trump has made his political fortune fomenting fear, now he and MAGA are afraid of losing the midterms. One of the shibboleths they’re raising in response is “socialism.”…
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to detain and deport refugees lawfully resettled in the United States. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted an interim final rule reducing the amount of time individuals can contest the termination of their…
The suspect in a 2025 self-defense trial should have been able to argue that his slain victim was a transgender woman and therefore a greater threat to his safety than jurors were told, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled…
In 2024, independent voters helped elect Donald Trump. Two years later, there are more registered independent voters than ever, and polls show most will back Democrats in November’s midterms. “A shift in independents’ political leanings caused the Republican Party advantage…
Political parties want independent voters’ support. But are they prepared to offer them belonging without demanding their allegiance? A woman once asked me to carry a message to my fellow Democrats. She was a Democrat, but her husband was an…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term features important cases on controversial issues — religion, immigration and guns — with rulings due before the end of June 2027. Justices were denied much of a summer break as they ruled on cases…
