by Chuck Poole | Aug 4, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
“There is no such thing as non-political Christianity.” The first time I stumbled across those words from Richard Rohr, they landed on my ears at an odd and awkward angle. Having spent a 45-year pastoral career trying to “keep politics out of the church,” I did not...
by Chuck Poole | Jun 5, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Alabama and Mississippi continue to top the list of the “most Christian” states in our nation, according to those who know such things. This assessment must be based on some sort of institutional metrics, such as the number of churches per capita, average weekly...
by Chuck Poole | May 17, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
While it is rarely possible to say with certainty exactly when and where a word or phrase was first imagined or spoken, the now familiar phrase “social gospel” appears to have entered the lexicon of the church sometime in the late 19th century. “Social gospel” names a...
