Our 2021 in Review
This year brought its unique challenges but also included many important accomplishments here at Word&Way. Here are our top 10 highlights from the year as we look forward to another year of our journalism ministry.
Loving God With Our Minds
In this edition of A Public Witness, we study the newest debate over the supposed tension between Baylor’s Christian commitments and a research emphasis. We also quiz what this false dichotomy teaches us more broadly about Christian integration of the head and the heart.
Word&Way’s Top Columns of 2021
We published numerous good opinion pieces that people engaged with this year. Here are the 10 most-read columns on Word&Way’s website in 2021 (though some others only appeared in our monthly magazine).
Word&Way’s Most-Read Pieces of 2021
In our 125th anniversary year, we’ve covered a lot of issues from a pandemic to academic governance fights to the intersection of religion and politics to controversial sermons and much more. Here are the 10 most read-pieces on Word&Way’s website in 2021.
Top 10 Essays from A Public Witness in 2021
In May, we launched our new e-newsletter A Public Witness. Each week subscribers get one-to-three essays — with about half of them only available to paid subscribers. Here are the top 10 most-read issues of A Public Witness in 2021.
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop, Activist, & Apartheid Foe, is Dead at 90
Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, the man who became synonymous with South Africa’s nonviolent struggle against apartheid, died Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer almost two decades ago.
Unsettling Advent, Day 27
In day 18 of our Unsettling Advent devotional series, Word&Way Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor reflects on the news of a camel escaping from a live nativity in Kansas.
A Gift of Christmas Joy for the Children of the Incarcerated
The Angel Tree program of Prison Fellowship and similar ministries are part of an effort by some faith groups and congregations to bring Christmas cheer — and connection — to prisoners and their kids.
Wary of Omicron, Churches Shift Christmas Services Online
The Washington National Cathedral — whose policies often set the tone for churches in the area — said they were moving all services online during the holiday season. Washington, D.C. currently has the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country.
New Trump Version of the Bible
In this issue of A Public Witness, we take off the extra layers to expose the anti-cheek turning rhetoric employed by the Trump family and their preachers. Then we go the extra mile to consider what we can learn about this effort from another presidential effort