Black People Still Aren’t Getting COVID Vaccines. This Pastor Isn’t Having It
Noel Jones wants more Black Angelenos to get vaccinated, as we are among the most likely to contract and die of COVID-19 along with Latinos. Read full piece
Raging at God After My 67-Year-Old Father Died of COVID
Carol McEntyre: It is easier to blame God than to admit we have failed one another. Read full piece
Tanzania’s COVID-Denying Leader Urges Prayer as Cases Climb
Tanzania’s COVID-denying president is calling on citizens for three days of prayer to defeat unnamed “respiratory diseases” amid warnings that the country is seeing a deadly resurgence in infections.
Founders Ministries President: VP Kamala Harris “Going to Hell”
While defending Southern Baptist pastors who called Vice President Kamala Harris a ‘Jezebel,’ Southern Baptist pastor Tom Ascol declared Harris was going to hell. He also consigned journalists Anne Branigin and Jake Tapper to that fate for reporting on pastors who compared Harris to the
Attacks on Ancient Religious Sites in Ethiopia Kill Hundreds, Reports Say
Fighting in Tigray, a semi-autonomous state in northern Ethiopia, resulted in massacres at ancient religious sites as the country’s military battled the forces of the ruling party in the state, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Catholic Leaders Call on Biden to Rescue Reeling Puerto Rico
In a letter Tuesday, Archbishop Roberto González Nieves, Bishop Rubén González Medina of Ponce, Catholic Charities USA, Jubilee USA Network, and prominent voices and organizations from other faiths called on President Joe Biden to aid to the island through actions that would get financial aid to
Conservative Justices Think Religion is Under Siege. Will the Full Supreme Court Follow?
The Supreme Court has increasingly exempted religious believers from government regulations, and it is clear by their statements that individual justices on the right think religion is under siege in America. Read full piece
Southwest Baptist Board Reverses a Tenure Denial
Inside Higher Ed cites Word&Way reporting on the latest news at Southwest Baptist University. Read full piece
What We Can Learn From a Business That Didn’t Advertise
Columnist Ken Satterfield offers lessons from a surprise moment on Super Bowl Sunday as Stephen Colbert produced a big ad for a struggling local bookstore in North Carolina. What can churches and others learn from this moment?
Blunt, Hawley Must Rethink Their Legacies
Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor penned a guest op-ed in the Kansas City Star reacting to Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley voting to acquit in the latest Senate trial of Donald Trump. Read full piece