by Aaron Weaver | Jul 22, 2020 | Opinion
Keep the faith. That was the message U.S. Rep. John Lewis left when signing copies of his acclaimed memoir of the civil rights movement, “Walking with the Wind.” When I first met the civil-rights icon, my faith was ever forming; the convictions and commitments I carry...
by Aaron Weaver | Apr 26, 2019 | Opinion
An oil tanker spilled off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, 50 years ago in January 1969. At the time, this was the largest oil spill in United States history, and it was one of the first disasters that the American public experienced visually through images and...
by Aaron Weaver | Apr 17, 2018 | Opinion
How did the death of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, birth a black church-led movement for environmental justice? Well, the story begins in Memphis, the city of King’s murder, where decades prior African-Americans left the cotton fields of the...
by Aaron Weaver | Aug 13, 2015 | Opinion
For two weeks in July, I traveled with a bunch of Baptists across South Africa for a mission experience followed up with a global gathering of Baptists – the 21st Baptist World Congress of the Baptist World Alliance. While in the country, I was reminded of the...
by Aaron Weaver | Feb 25, 2014 | Opinion
Baptist ethicist Robert Parham caught my attention with an editorial following the Aurora, Colo., mass shooting on July 20, 2012. His observation that few faith leaders were willing to address an underlying issue at the heart of this tragedy – America’s gun...
