by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Jun 12, 2026 | Opinion
I was sitting in the airport last week when I came across the Good Faith Media article about the billboard near the locationof the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting. The billboard reads, “God calls women to pastor, preach, and minister,” and cites...
by Justin Cox | Jun 11, 2026 | Opinion
A conversation with musician Kyle Caudle over coffee and livermush explores the ties of home, creativity, and why diners may offer lessons the church has forgotten. “Places like this make me feel a little uncomfortable.” We were inside the sanctuary of a rural...
by Paul Jones | Jun 10, 2026 | Opinion
For most of my adult life, I was a pastor. I spent twenty years preaching, leading churches and trying to help people make sense of their lives. I was good at it. I could preach. I could lead. I could walk into struggling churches and help stabilize them. By...
by Donald Williams | Jun 10, 2026 | Opinion
In Greek mythology, there is the famous story of Icarus and his father, Daedalus, who escaped from Crete by flying on wings fashioned from feathers and wax. Before their flight, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun. Yet intoxicated by the...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jun 9, 2026 | Faithful Pride Initiative, Opinion
Sunday evening, I frantically grabbed my TV remote to change the channel. A kind congregant had just texted me a reminder of something I’d completely forgotten: The 79th Annual Tony Awards were airing, and I was about to miss them! My wife and I quickly found the...
by Chuck Poole | Jun 9, 2026 | Opinion
“You must not do harm to the immigrant” (Exodus 22:21). “Do not oppress the immigrant” (Exodus 23:9). “The immigrant shall be to you as one born among you; you shall love the immigrant as yourself” (Leviticus 19:33-34). “Because all the land in the world belongs to...
