Why We Need the Grime of Ash Wednesday
Like the sludge on a car in the winter, most of our messes accumulate gradually.
Paving Paradise
Bob Dylan famously declared, “The times they are a-changin’.” In the world of journalism that sure feels spot on. Nearly every week another story hits about some publication going out of print or even out of business. And nearly every week it seems there’s also
Boko Haram Attacks Predominantly Christian Community in Nigeria
The terrorist group Boko Haram destroyed three worship sites and an unspecified number of houses in northeast Nigeria Friday night (Feb. 21), according to area residents.
ERLC Trustee Officers Instruct ‘Not to Comply’ with Task Force Inquiry
Officers of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission strongly objected to the formation of a task force to study the ERLC's effectiveness and instructed the entity and its leadership "not to comply" with the inquiry.
Our Heroes Have Clay Feet. But Forgiveness Is Something Else.
Jean Vanier, who died last year at the age of 90, has been credibly accused of an abusive sexual relationship with six non-disabled adult women to whom he was giving spiritual direction. At the same time, I ask myself, why am I surprised?
Now Hear This
Most of us take our hearing for granted. If you doubt that, let me ask when was the last time you thanked God for your hearing? Did you ever do so?
MBC Backs Embattled Trustee
Leaders of the Missouri Baptist Convention defended a pastor accused by police of not properly handling a case of a staff member sexually abusing boys. However, they did not address the key allegation, and they misrepresented the nature of the claims.
US Chinese Churches on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Vigilance
While no Americans have died from the coronavirus thus far, it is the Chinese American community that has borne the brunt of the health scare and it has also been the one to implement wide-ranging safety precautions.
Solidarity Over Segregation: Faith-Based Coalitions Organize Across Races, Religions
More than a half century after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. challenged the Christian church to "remove the yoke of segregation from its own body," an estimated one-sixth of U.S. congregations have succeeded in becoming at least partly multiracial — but not without struggles.
SBU Investigates ‘Imposed’ Trustee
Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, announced Feb. 22 that it would hold a special-called meeting of its Board of Trustees on Monday (Feb. 24) to consider actions regarding a new trustee accused of mishandling the sexual misconduct case of another church staffer. The trustee