by Linda Cross | Aug 16, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The first time I worked as an election worker was the 1960 presidential primary. I passed out flyers for a Republican congressional candidate outside Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. It was a deep dive into the rigors of losing campaigns. Over the next several...
by Donna Schaper | Aug 16, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Stagnant money yields stagnant congregations. Spending money is mission consistent. Saving money for a rainy day is not a good idea, especially since it is already pouring for many religious congregations. When I accepted the call to go to the Miami-based Coral...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 15, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
It was probably during a flannel graph lesson on Adam and Eve — with extensive leaf coverage of their once naked bodies — when as a child I was introduced to “original sin.” No one explained, much less showed, what their guilt-free, nude life in the garden was like...
by Randall Balmer | Aug 15, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Cards on the table. I’ve had a long and, well, uneven relationship with Christianity Today (CT), generally regarded as the flagship magazine of white evangelicalism. Founded by Billy Graham in 1956 as a response to Christian Century, Christianity Today aspired to be...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
African Americans are celebrating that Damien Pickett, co-captain of the Harriott II Riverboat, was not murdered in Montgomery, Alabama, after he was physically assaulted by multiple European American men and women on August 5. Members of the crew and paying customers...
by Cally Chisholm | Aug 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The southern drawl of a Baptist preacher creeps into the speakers when the opening track, “Family Tree (Intro),” begins, setting a tone as the low register of Ethel Cain’s voice transports us to the fictional town of Shady Grove, Ala. circa 1990. Abandoned houses...
