Why Chaplains are in High Demand in an Increasingly Secular America
In airports, hospitals, and even government jobs, chaplains offer “spiritual care’’ to people of all walks of life. Read full piece
Why the Right Loves Public School Culture Wars
There is a quote from Ralph Reed that I often return to when trying to understand how the right builds political power. “I would rather have a thousand school board members than one president and no school board members,” the former leader of the Christian
How Much Does Prayer Weigh?
Why scientists struggle to put this spiritual practice under the microscope. Read full piece
Standing for Truth – And the Right to Tell It
Word&Way Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor wrote a guest column for Good Faith Media on the importance of press freedoms. Read full piece
Lawmakers Close to Approving Law Promoting Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
A new Missouri Senate bill that was heard in the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee today would allow school districts to start offering social studies courses on the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament of the Bible and New Testament of the Bible. Word&Way Editor-in-Chief
Al Mohler’s Curious Defense of Conversion Therapy
“For people like Ozanne and Hyndman, conversion therapy is painfully personal. For Mohler, it’s an abstraction.” Read full piece
Americans Return to In-Person Church with Emotion — & Uncertainty About the Future of Worship
The wave of vaccinations in recent weeks is bringing some back to experience fellowship after the pandemic upended their spiritual life Read full piece
How Faith Groups Feel After Biden’s First 100 Days
Religious groups remain divided over the president’s approach to immigration, LGBTQ rights and other issues. Read full piece
Faith, Freedom, Fear: Rural America’s Covid Vaccine Skeptics
Resistance is widespread in white, Republican communities like this one in Appalachia. But it’s far more complicated than just a partisan divide. Read full piece
New House Chaplain Keeps Praying Through the Turmoil
Margaret G. Kibben has performed her duties during some of the most difficult days Congress has seen in many years. Read full piece