There are lessons for Americans to learn from what’s going on in Israel. One starting point is this 2024 book, Diary of a Crisis: Israel in Turmoil. The book began as essentially a daily notebook of political life in 2023...
Last week, I attended a conference on rural poverty. It was the annual meeting of Together for Hope, a coalition of nonprofits scattered from the North Carolina coast west to the Four Corners region and from Northern Minnesota to the…
Multiracial democracy demands an understanding of the tension between civil rights and religious liberty and the willingness to engage in difficult conversations to protect the rights of everyone, according to Maya Wiley. The civil rights attorney gave the keynote address…
An angry face ranted to me after a Sunday morning worship at the church I served between 1994 and 2002 in Knoxville, Tenn. He was railing about a mutual friend who led a student ministry at the University of Tennessee…
If indeed the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist, his next best trick was convincing the church to follow something other than Jesus. As evidence, look no further than the stranglehold white Christian…
The easily predictable hullaballoo over 12 Roman Catholic bishops being videoed and photographed with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on the cusp of a historic election continues to build steam. Some of the bishops have formally apologized and…
In 2024, Donald Trump made significant inroads among young men compared with his previous campaigns. Young women, however, remained among the voters least likely to vote for Trump, resulting in a wider gender gap among young voters than among men and women…
There are lessons for Americans to learn from what’s going on in Israel. One starting point is this 2024 book, Diary of a Crisis: Israel in Turmoil. The book began as essentially a daily notebook of political life in 2023…
Two hundred fifty years ago, enslaved Baptists founded a church. This month, Colonial Williamsburg gave them their building back. In 1776, on the outskirts of Williamsburg, free and enslaved Black Virginians began congregating for worship in defiance of laws that restricted such…
Generations have passed through Historic First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, Va., over more than two centuries, but its calling as a witness to the contributions of Black people in American history has remained unchanged, Pastor Reginald F. Davis said. The…
“By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before,” President Donald Trump said as his supporters watched with anticipation. Then he pointed and declared, “Nicki Minaj!” Cheers from the MAGA faithful erupted. “That’s hard to miss!”…
Saturday is Halloween. My kids will be out. They aren’t my kids by birth. They’re a group of young queer and trans adults I mentor. Some of them will be at parties Saturday night. Some of them will be on…
My son texted from Connecticut this morning to ask, “What’s all this hoopla with Highland Park UMC?” Having grown up in North Dallas and being a musician who has played in churches all over town, he has some sense of…
