Opinion
The Twin Cities: After Metro Surge
Good Faith Media returned to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, this week to follow up on stories we covered during Operation Metro Surge last winter.
World Environment Day is a Call to Action
One of the most pressing justice issues of our time is climate change.
A Church LGBTQ+ Pride Guide: 10 Dos and Don’ts at Festivals and Parades
If your church is planning to support your local Pride parade or festival this year, here are a few things to keep in mind that may help your presence be good news to Pride-goers and a beautiful expression of your church’s ministry of love and justice.
James Talarico and Adults in the Room
If James Talarico has a superpower, it is from his experience as a middle school teacher.
By the Way | Moral Flexibility at First Baptist Church Dallas
Jeffress is not the first pastor of First Baptist in Dallas to equivocate on religious and political matters.
Belief Behind the Book | ‘The Absence of Light: Radical Accountability and a Way Forward
What if the greatest threat to justice isn’t the people fighting against it, but the good people who looked away?
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ AI, and Becoming Human Again
AI does not replace what you know. It reveals whether you know anything at all.
Squandering Our Gifts Amid Majestic Beauty
Are we squandering our gifts, diminishing, defacing and destroying Mother Earth, which provides all we need for sustained life?
‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and the Evangelical Illusion of an Unfiltered Faith
I find it comical that modern evangelical Christians think they’ve made theological choices that exempt them from the whole of Christian history and tradition.
The Politics of White-Body Supremacy: On White Protectionism
The politics of white-body supremacy make existence insufferable for marginalized people groups racialized as black and brown. That’s the point.
The Idol of Certainty and the Call to Curiosity
Curiosity, when rooted in the love of Christ, can open the door and invite others to see the good news.
Cuba’s Future Belongs to Cubans, Not Authoritarians at Home or Abroad
With the dawn of the twentieth century, Manifest Destiny morphed into Gunboat Diplomacy—a quest for economies, not land.
Would You Feel Anxious if Your Country Were About to Be Invaded?
Has Cuba’s conduct on the global stage truly been such as to merit a punishment of this magnitude?
When Are Nations Born, and What Gives Them the ‘Right to Exist’?
The storm The 1619 Project created was predictable. No one likes their myths challenged.
Are We Depraved?: A Rumination on Original Sin
There’s no shame in our fear; it’s deeply woven into us. But there’s no freedom in it either.
Celebrating America 250 with White Christian Nationalism? Or Democratic Values?
The primary goal of the Values & Public Voice Network is to provide a praxis-centered, graduate-level curriculum that translates deeply held values into tangible, justice-oriented frameworks for public impact.
A Hospital Chaplain’s Guide to Advance Directives and Living Wills
An advance directive is not about death. It is about agency, making sure your voice is heard when you cannot speak.
Inner Freedom in a Time of Chaos
Tom’s world is radically different from mine, even though we share a country. He startles me, angers me, and confuses me.
Elevate the Conversation: An Open Letter to Future Presidential Candidates
Both sides, and everyone in the middle, are exhausted by the reality that every disagreement comes down to declaring moral and intellectual superiority on every single issue.
Nurturing Faith Book Excerpt | A Quest for Warrior Priests: Enlisting Warriors as Healers and Peacebuilders
In that moment, this hallowed ground became sacred space in the heart of my Chaplain-friendly commander.
The Year of Toni Morrison and a Time for Truthtellers
If we’ve ever needed the writings of Toni Morrison, it is now.
What Kind of Future Awaits Graduates?
Across the U.S. this month, students and families are celebrating the remarkable achievement of graduation.
Pentecost and the Heart Language of Jesus
Recognizing Jesus as a multilingual person helps us notice the shifting languages within ourselves.
‘Testify to Love’ Comes Out as Gay, and Evangelical Gatekeepers are Not Happy
For anyone not initiated in the world of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) and unaware of the power “Testify to Love” holds in the evangelical imagination, look no further than the response from the gatekeepers of orthodoxy to the re-release of the song.
Embracing A Theology of Visibility for AAPI Heritage Month
I propose a Theology of Visibility, which is a way of doing theology that intentionally makes visible those who have been silenced or pushed to the margins.
On Reading ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ on the Anniversary of His Birth
Malcolm X’s Autobiography was the first book that scared me.
Belief Behind the Book | ‘Queer Joy’ by Bethany Meier-Evans
Angela Yarber writes about ‘Queer Joy’ by Bethany Meier-Evans.
Receiving the Winter Lamb: ‘The Sheep Detectives’ is a Story of Welcome
The flock you were sure of has always been larger than you thought.
The Altar Call for America
A genuine rededication of this nation at 250 years would require something far more costly than a rally.
Let Laughter Roll Down: Prophets, Comedy, and the End of a Late-Night Voice
It is not hard to see why someone shaped by Catholic imagination, grief and stories like Tolkien’s would resist a purely cynical form of comedy.