by Meredith Stone | Mar 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Imagine a gender equal Baptist world. Now open your eyes and allow me to tell you a story about how it happens. Emma was born on a Monday morning in the local hospital. Family and friends came to see her on her very first day in the world, along with her pastor. After...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Churches are supposed to be our forever homes. Clergy don’t enter Christian ministry thinking that the relationship with their first church may not last. Where do you go when the church is not a sanctuary? “Just go to another one” is not the answer. It spiritually...
by Leah Grundset Davis | Mar 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
A trip to a soccer tournament reminded me of the need for solidarity for preachers of color, LGBTQ+, and women in ministry. Who you show up for matters. The stadium was buzzing. Music was pumping, and people were jumping up and down and singing as we waited for the...
by Ron Rolheiser | Mar 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
One of the most ancient problems in philosophy is the question of “the one and the many,” whether reality is ultimately a unity or a plurality and how these interrelate. We might ask the same question regarding the plurality of religious faiths, churches and forms of...
by Amy Butler | Mar 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
For over three decades, the soundtrack of my travel home to Honolulu that began as soon as the airplane landed on the coral reef runway and taxied toward the gate was the Beamers’ song, “Honolulu City Lights.” The song is a wistful goodbye to the islands that would...
by Robert Parham | Mar 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
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