by Ali Khan | Dec 17, 2025 | Opinion
For the past 30 years, the Islamic Academy of Alabama (IAA) has been nestled in a leafy neighborhood near the Birmingham Zoo, about a ten-minute drive from my first home. It serves more than 200 students and has an almost 100 percent university-enrollment rate among...
by Sean Palmer | Dec 16, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: Faith in 24 Frames was the cover story for the October-December issue of Good Faith Magazine, GFM’s print publication. Good Faith Magazine is a complementary resource for all Good Faith Advocates. “We come to this place for magic…to laugh, to cry, to...
by Mary Dyer | Dec 16, 2025 | Opinion
We are counting the days until Christmas. The gift-giving clock moves inexorably on, seemingly faster and faster. The Christmas tree needs to be decorated. The infant, evidently a premature birth, is already sleeping peacefully in his crib, surrounded by both...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 15, 2025 | Opinion
His benediction, a call and response, began: “And these are they who came to turn the world…” Before leaving the building, we shouted, “Upside down!” It is an adaptation of Acts 17:6 that would later flip my understanding of Christian ministry on its head and become...
by Michael Chancellor | Dec 15, 2025 | Opinion
Content Warning: The following contains references to sexual violence and assault. The past few weeks, my attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of sexual violence and the victims left behind. The story of Michael Justice I wrote about last week does not...
by Ken Sehested | Dec 15, 2025 | Opinion
In early adulthood, I developed a strong affinity for plaintive, minor-key Advent hymns, moving away from traditional Christmas carols as Advent stretched toward Christmas Eve. Plaintive music fits the mood of the mournful Jewish communities of first-century...
