by Starlette Thomas | Jul 11, 2022 | Opinion
These are traumatizing times. Cases of police brutality present a large body of evidence that we remain deeply disconnected from each other — not as Americans, or as liberals, moderates or conservatives, or as people of faith and no faith, or as “pro-life” or...
by Paul Lewis | Jul 11, 2022 | Opinion
Evangelical Christianity has become identified with efforts to upend democratic practices and institutions. Recent Supreme Court rulings, long sought by a sub-set of Christians, threaten to undo decades of progress extending equal rights to anyone other than white,...
by Don Gordon | Jul 8, 2022 | Opinion
The Supreme Court of the United States decided against the EPA in West Virginia v. The Environmental Protection Agency on June 30, 2022. At issue was the EPA’s ability to regulate and set stricter standards on fossil fuel-emitting industrial plants without...
by Alyssa Aldape | Jul 8, 2022 | Opinion
I knew of the word “virgin” before I knew what it meant. That is to say – I had no idea of the construct of virginity or how one obtained or lost it, but I knew it was an important piece of the Christian narrative. I just thought it was part of a name. Like the way...
by David Wheeler | Jul 7, 2022 | Opinion
Shouts of rejoicing and expressions of anger and grief rolled across the U.S. in the wake of the Supreme Court´s Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Realistically, as a white, male Baby Boomer – no matter how empathetic I might seek to be – I...
by Kristina Collins | Jul 7, 2022 | Opinion
My church home undertook a nearly two-year process that included Bible studies and church-wide conversations about human sexuality and gender identities. When this process concluded in 2020, we came to a consensus that our church would embrace individuals who are...
