Review: Praying With Our Feet
Senior Editor Beau Underwood reviews the new book 'Praying with Our Feet: Pursuing Justice and Healing on the Streets' by Lindsay Krinks, a street chaplain and social justice activist in Nashville, Tennessee.
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
Chaplain Walks through Mental Health Hardships with First Responders
A Southern Baptist chaplain says the horrors experienced by first responders on a daily basis have deep impacts on the heart, soul, & mind – a situation made even more difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Death Row Inmate Hopes Courts will Allow Chaplain at Execution
Charles L. Burton Jr. doesn’t want to be alone when he dies. He filed suit last year after the state of Alabama denied a Muslim inmate from having an imam serve as a spiritual adviser at his execution, citing state policy that only allowed Christian
Faith Leaders in Dual Roles Guiding Churches & Police
Pastors, including Baptists, who serve as police chaplains in the Twin Cities in Minnesota believe their calling involves ministering to their churches and the local police. These dual roles are highlighted as protests continue after the police killing of George Floyd.
Senate Chaplain’s Velvet Voice Cuts Through Impeachment Fray
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump doesn’t lack for strong speakers. But only one voice at the trial speaks to senators-turned-jurors about the values behind their actions — and keeps his focus on God.
How Outrage for a Death Row Inmate May Have Flipped the Justices for Religious Liberty
(RNS) — Within the last two months, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued two important religious liberty decisions with strikingly similar facts and diametrically opposed outcomes.
This Time, U.S. Supreme Court Halts Execution Over Clergy Refusal
The Supreme Court issued a late-night reprieve to a Texas man scheduled to be executed this evening (Mar. 29). It appears that the issue was essentially the same as an earlier case in Alabama: whether the state can allow inmates of certain faiths to have
Any Patient Near to Death Can Have a Spiritual Experience. I’ve Seen It
A hospital chaplain recounts that people who are very ill, and those who are approaching their death, share their spiritual experiences. They are very real, often vivid and intense, delight or darkness, and anyone can have them.
Shedding Light in a Dark Place
A former corrections officer, Rev. David Tolliver serves as chaplain at Jefferson City
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