by Anna Parish | Jul 18, 2025 | Opinion
At lunch during the last week of my first year in seminary, Rebecca, a friend and mentor, asked me what had been the hardest part of my first year at Campbell Divinity School. Other attempts I have made to answer that question honestly have been watered down to make...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 18, 2025 | Opinion
Dr. Elijah Brown, General Secretary and CEO of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), called members to “a collaborative global mission” during the opening celebration of the 23rd Baptist World Congress. The international fellowship of Baptist churches and organizations...
by Kerri Fisher | Jul 17, 2025 | Opinion
I don’t remember how I first came to know of Andrea Gibson. I do know ever since I have been aware of them, I have understood they were dying of an incurable cancer growing in their beautiful, brilliant body. Bodies are tough companions. We need them. We love...
by Michelle Wahila | Jul 17, 2025 | Opinion
Some mornings, the holiest thing I do is hold the cup. It’s not the cup it once was. It isn’t the chalice I used to lift high, offering it to the saints in the pews, each one reaching for grace. But this mug, simple and porcelain, warms my soul as it warms my hands....
by Kristopher Norris | Jul 17, 2025 | Opinion
Recently, “Sinners,” the Southern Gothic horror film from director Ryan Coogler of “Black Panther” fame, began streaming, following its theatrical release over Easter weekend. This story, set amid Jim Crow Clarksdale, Mississippi, is fraught with religious symbolism,...
by Ken Sehested | Jul 17, 2025 | Opinion
You may have seen the social media meme of a woman in Victorian style dress. The caption reads: “These days most of my exercise comes from shaking my head.” Have any of you been doing this kind of exercise lately? Without a doubt, we’re in a rough patch as citizens in...
