by Starlette Thomas | May 5, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
There will be no handwringing here. While there is certainly cause for concern and even panic, I will not afflict my nervous system with clickbait and ragebait, sound bites, memes and GIFs of the Trump administration’s poor and sadistic leadership. To be sure, these...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | May 5, 2025 | Opinion
For years, my bio has read, “Born in Korea, educated in Canada, now teaching in the U.S.” It’s a short sentence that carries the weight of migration, identity and transformation. I’ve used it to communicate that I am Korean and an immigrant, first to Canada and then...
by Cody J. Sanders | May 4, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following first appeared at Good Faith Media on May 31, 2024, as a guide for churches wanting to show support for the LGBTQ+ community at pride festivals. Since it was first published, Good Faith Media launched its Faithful Pride Initiative to...
by Mary Dyer | May 3, 2025 | Opinion
For many, these last few weeks have been a nightmare traveling across the land, unlike anything our nation has ever experienced. We are not the first country, nor will we be the last, to have suffered so much loss. Someone once said that cowardice is contagious. But...
by Mitch Randall | May 2, 2025 | Opinion
Christian nationalists are swarming across the country. From dismantling public education to encouraging neighbors to turn on neighbors, this authoritarian political and theological ideology consumes everything in its path. This will lead to the destruction of the...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | May 2, 2025 | Opinion
Earlier this week, the United Methodist Church’s (UMC) Judicial Council ruled that within local UMC churches, the pastor has sole discretion in deciding whether to preside at same-gender weddings. But wait, didn’t that already happen? One year ago today, the General...
