by Ken Sehested | Oct 31, 2025 | Opinion
The “saints” of bygone days don’t wear golden crowns or sit on lofty perches, mouthing caustic comments on how poorly we, yet-mortal souls, measure up to the glory of days past. They, too, knew about keeping hope alive while also getting dinner on the table, faucets...
by Delaney Metcalf | Oct 31, 2025 | Opinion
I grew up under oak trees in Raleigh, North Carolina. They were my steady companions through every season of my childhood: green in the summer, red, orange, brown and yellow in the fall, bare and beautiful in winter. I watched them grow as I did. But inside our house,...
by Craig Nash | Oct 30, 2025 | Opinion
When Kyle Lake waded into the waters of baptism, preparing our congregation to bear witness to the transforming power of Jesus in the life of one of our own, we didn’t know it would be a core moment in our lives, in his, and in the life of our church. He didn’t walk...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Oct 30, 2025 | Opinion
This column contains spoilers, but the movie’s been out for several years now. It’s on you if you haven’t seen it. As a life-long nerd, I’ve often found sci-fi, fantasy, and other fictitious media avenues through which to understand current events. Few movies describe...
by Kerri Fisher | Oct 30, 2025 | Opinion
I am a biracial woman—Black, white, and something in between. One side of my family was Baptist and the other was Church of Christ. Our little double-wide trailer was situated right off the highway that runs down the center of Texas. I am no stranger to being in the...
by Mark Sandlin | Oct 29, 2025 | Opinion
If you hang around progressive faith spaces long enough, you’ll notice something. We’ve gotten really good at tearing down bad theology. And thank God for that. Deconstruction clears the rubble. It names the harm. It reveals the truth about how the church has...
