Good Faith Media Update

Good Faith Media Update

The Good Faith Media board of directors met this week in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the first in-person meeting for the organization since its launch in July 2020. The despair and isolation of the pandemic gave way to a celebratory atmosphere at the meeting, as...
A Place at the Beach

A Place at the Beach

Every preacher should be so lucky as to get in the rotation for guest ministers at a non-denominational beach chapel. Holden Beach Chapel is my happy spot, a beautiful chapel on a barrier island on North Carolina’s southern coast. Once each year, usually in April, I...
The Contract and Slender Threads of Life

The Contract and Slender Threads of Life

All the gifts of life were mine at my birth, assigned to me as I made my first appearance. It was part of a contract of life received from the great mystery of creation that each of us received in the gift of our existence. That contract was calculated as the miracle...
My PCD Explains a Lot, at Least to Me

My PCD Explains a Lot, at Least to Me

Count me among those with Popular Culture Defiance (PCD), as at least one psychologist calls it. This condition, which I learned about from a recent Twitter post, explains a lot – at least to me. It could well be the reason I didn’t board the Wordle bus. This is not a...
What People of Faith Can Do While Waiting for a Truce

What People of Faith Can Do While Waiting for a Truce

The Pope recently urged that an Easter truce be declared to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He hoped that it could lead to “real negotiations” to end the conflict. Even though Easter passed without a truce, it is time for religious leaders and people of faith to...
RaDonda Vaught and Medical Neglect

RaDonda Vaught and Medical Neglect

A former Tennessee nurse was found guilty of medical neglect in late March and is facing up to six years in prison. RaDonda Vaught was arrested in 2019 for reckless homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult who died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in...