Opinion
The U.S. Death Penalty Evolved from Lynchings
Debate surrounding public and televised capital punishment has re-emerged after the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the federal military execution of Nidal Hasan would be live-streamed. It is also a reminder of America’s history of lynching.
25 Who Inspire | Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Grace Ji-Sun Kim is a theologian who has written more books than some people have read
Who Will Stop the New World Order? “We the People”
Only one guardrail remains: “We the people.”
‘Christianity at a Crossroads’ Offers Field Notes for the State of the Church in America
Christianity at a Crossroads doesn’t try to make a declarative statement about why many churches are dying and some are thriving.
The Transformative Power of Beauty in Refugee Communities
When you start from where beauty already is, what you make together has life in it.
25 Who Inspire | Crys Matthews
Crys is born to make people gay.
Talarico and Hamilton Model How Progressive Christians Can Engage with White Evangelicals
Talarico and Hamilton are refusing to cede their faith to the dominant, white evangelical version that has become synonymous with the Republican Party.
25 Who Inspire | Aaron Parnas
Aaron Parnas is a fearless truth-teller.
In the Line of ICE: Badar Suri, Andry Hernandez, and Wilber Perez
This fall, Good Faith Media is highlighting stories of people caught in the line of ICE.
Returning to My Ukrainian Friends: When the Country I Love is Difficult to Explain
There’s a difference between a country fighting to protect its people and its freedom and a country that has invaded its neighbor.
What Is the Cross?
The church has never stopped trying to understand what God has done in Christ.
25 Who Inspire | Steve Chalke
There aren’t many people who can challenge your theology and expand your humanity at the same time. Steve Chalke is one of them.
The Cornell 7 and the Performance of Masculinity
The alleged group sexual assault of a female Cornell University student by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity is a cruel example of masculinity as performance. It is “cultural theater” with the woman serving as a “dramatic prop,” according to Karen Franklin.
25 Who Inspire | Rabbi Nancy Kasten and Rev. George Mason
Faith Commons is a Dallas-based organization that models how to work together amid religious differences.
25 Who Inspire | Sandy Ovalle
Sandy Ovalle creates spaces where people can engage deeply with their identities and their faith as they pursue justice in their communities.
The Last Deviled Egg
They say the Lord hears the prayer of a righteous man. I don’t know about that. I just hoped an egg would be there when I strolled through.
Evangelical Latino Leaders Urge Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to Pause Executions
Latino Evangelical leaders are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to place a statewide pause on all scheduled death-row executions.
25 Who Inspire | Rebecca Mathis
Rebecca Mathis is a juggler of many passions. Whatever she commits to, she approaches with creativity and professionalism.
By the Way | How Jim Bakker Spiritualized Reaganism
Jim Bakker’s death last week at the age of 86 brings to a close one of the sorriest chapters in the history of American evangelicalism.
On Girdles and Our Inability to Constrain God’s Love
The underlying problem is our attempt to contain God’s expansive love to “just us.”
25 Who Inspire | Daphny Milligan
From the courtroom to the classroom, she rebuilt her life from the impact of sexual trauma, addiction, and systemic oppression as a Black woman.
25 Who Inspire | Imad Enchassi
Imam Imad Enchassi is one of the greatest Christians I know, and he’s a Muslim.
Christopher Columbus and the Celebration of Oppressors
Columbus Day is an official federal holiday, commemorating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Today, Americans are expected to celebrate his legacy of colonization, murder and oppression of Indigenous peoples.
Sexual Assault Isn’t Just a Cornell Problem
We too quickly forget that sexual predators are everywhere, not just at Cornell.
25 Who Inspire | Mariann Budde
If Christianity is, above all else, a religion of love, even a scandalous love of enemy, then there are few leaders who better embody the heart of our faith than Mariann Budde.
For a More Humane Immigration Policy, Look to the…Southern Baptist Convention?
Thankfully, more reasonable voices have entered the conversation to offer alternatives to these extremes.
Pete Hegseth and the United States of Bloodthirst
Jesse Washington’s story forbids us from responding to Hegseth’s announcement with, “This isn’t who we are.” White Americans have proven, time and again, that this is exactly who we are.
Domesticated Protest: Why I Don’t ‘Try’ to Get Arrested
I’m a Latino; I don’t have to go get arrested; it comes naturally for our people.
Belief Behind the Book | Grieving Differently: Queering the Stages of Grief
When Timoth Sylvia’s husband, Peter, died suddenly, the grief that followed didn’t look like anything he had been taught to expect.
Expanding My Preaching Crate With Joy
I have always struggled just to survive. All I have known is pain, trauma and scarcity.