by Craig Nash | Aug 19, 2025 | Opinion
A recent study found a smaller percentage of people in the United States consume alcohol than at any time since Gallup began collecting data on drinking in 1939. In their first survey, taken six years after the end of prohibition in the U.S., 58% said they...
by Leah Davis | Aug 19, 2025 | Opinion
On a recent Sunday, I confessed to my suburban Washington, D.C. congregation something I had never done before in nearly 20 years of preaching and pastoring: I scrapped the previously written sermon and started over on Saturday night. Sure, I have altered sermons the...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Preaching is resurrection practice. It’s an odd rehearsal. The preacher’s robe is from the grave clothes section of liturgical garments. One foot in front of the other, we, preachers, are led to the pulpit “like a sheep led to the slaughter,” sometimes foolishly...
by Ken Sehested | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Apparently, it was tea and crumpets at the Vlad-and-Donnie showdown. You knew something was up when Our Dear President applauded Putin as he descended the stairs of the Russian presidential airplane—dwarfed next to Air Force One—onto a red carpet, no less. Putin, who...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Whenever we turn on the news, whether on television, radio or social media, we are met with the disturbing reality of Christian Nationalism. It has infiltrated not only our political systems but also our churches, neighborhoods and families. More than just a fringe...
by Craig Nash | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following was first published on December 17, 2024. Anyone who reads Alexei Navalny’s posthumously released memoir Patriot without connecting the dots between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Donald Trump’s America is either not paying...
