by Holly Berkley Fletcher | Mar 9, 2026 | Opinion
If it’s a Wednesday night, you’ll usually find me in the choir loft at my United Methodist Church, trying to decipher notes on a page of sheet music with my long-dormant, never-great sight-reading skills (new and improved with middle-aged eyes!). Fortunately,...
by Frederick Clarkson | Mar 9, 2026 | Opinion
Media coverage often paints the Christian Right as monolithic, usually under the rubric of Christian nationalism. But, in fact, the movement has always been varied and not always of one mind on essential matters. Profound differences exist on a wide range of...
by Eileen R. Campbell-Reed | Mar 8, 2026 | Opinion
On March 8, International Women’s Day reaches a milestone of 115 years of advocating for equality in women’s work, voting rights and well-being. On this day, clergywomen in the U.S. can also celebrate a milestone in the uphill calling toward equality in...
by Mitch Randall | Mar 6, 2026 | Opinion
Cody Khork. Nicole Amor. Declan Coady. Noah Tietjens. Jeffrey O’Brien. Robert Marzan. As of this writing, these are the six U.S. soldiers killed since the Trump Administration, in coordination with Israel, launched an attack on Iran. Read their names again. The...
by Sean Palmer | Mar 6, 2026 | Opinion
Black people’s pain and humiliation have long been turned into entertainment, from minstrel shows to modern “gotcha” media moments that turn Black suffering into content. The BAFTA broadcast that aired a racial slur directed at Black actors Michael B. Jordan and...
by Angela Yarber | Mar 6, 2026 | Opinion
Today’s Belief Behind the Book is Brittany Hart’s Surviving Wonderland: A Journey Beyond Control. There are books that inform, and there are books that liberate. Hart’s Surviving Wonderland is the latter. In a time when many...
