Opinion
Pastoral Calling Never Retires
Pastoral ministry is more than a job; it’s a calling. It doesn’t end when the paycheck stops.
Before Ice Raids, There Was Stop and Frisk
Before ICE raids terrorized American neighborhoods, there was stop-and-frisk. In marginalized communities, where its members’ civil liberties have been historically threatened by organized violence, the country behaving like a police state is unsurprising.
By the Way | Willow Creek and the Cultural Idiom of Megachurches
Despite this checkered history, there is no doubt that megachurches have reshaped American evangelicalism, if only because so many congregations have sought to imitate their techniques.
The Need for Progressive Visionary Leadership
There are many citizens with imaginative and creative ideas for making this country a more perfect union. America needs a progressive vision—a path forward toward inclusion, freedom, and justice for all our citizens.
Revisiting the Parable of the Prodigal Son
Jesus flips our human understanding of how the world should work upside down.
Word Games in Gaza
The Middle East conflict is shaped by language, suffering, and power.
Pews, Punk, and Preaching: Lessons from a Gothy Pulpit
When the church feels small, sometimes the gospel is louder with distortion and black lipstick.
Sports Chaplaincy Prioritizes Conversion over Care
Athletes deserve the same level of care, respect, and professionalism from chaplains that patients receive in hospitals or soldiers receive in the military.
Sanctuary for Domestic Abuse Survivors
A proper and faithful response to domestic violence is crucial for victims and survivors. Betrayal by a faith community leads to numerous negative mental and physical health outcomes.
Kitchen Table Dog Whistles
On its surface and to a degree, the impulse to highlight the financial situation of individuals, families and communities isn’t a bad one. However, several implications at play make the strategy feel eerily similar to the one Lee Atwater described almost 45 years ago.
People of Good Faith | Michael Cheuk
If someone had told me eight years ago that I would be publicly demonstrating against the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis, I would have said they were crazy.
Is Humility Still Helpful?
I find myself turning to humility again with a renewed sense of need and purpose.
Why You Shouldn’t Ask African American Women to Save You From the Dangerous ‘Mediocre White Man’
“You have to work twice as hard to get half as far.” It is a truism shared with African American children in preparation for the unfair reality of a white supremacist society. Based on their experiences, the elders hoped to spare us the disappointing discovery that our efforts, opportunities and successes often would not correlate.
Belief Behind the Book | Raja Gopal Bhattar’s Queering Constellations
Not your traditional narrative memoir, Raja’s story is a groundbreaking text that ranges from baking lessons to heartbreaking coming-out stories and vulnerable letters bridging life and death.
Good Faith Media: Coming Alive for an Inclusive and Just Gospel
Good Faith Media is committed to serving people of faith and institutions through education, inspiration, and advocacy for a gospel without limitations. GFM is a nonprofit fully dependent upon the generosity of donors, churches, denominational patterns, and foundations.
Resurrecting Dinosaurs
My elevator speech when describing my work as editor of Good Faith Magazine often includes the self-deprecating use of the word “dinosaur.” It’s a nod to the reality that we’re producing a very old form of media—one that’s declining rapidly.
Book Excerpt | Encountering Pope Leo XIV: Baptist Reflections on the Beginning of a Pontificate
In an excerpt from his new book, Steve Harmon writes about his first full day in Rome to cover the papal conclave for Good Faith Media.
Three Ways Baylor University has Failed its Students and the Gospel
The whole affair reminds me that institutional structures seem unable or unsuited to being Christian. Almost invariably, they seek to sustain themselves at the expense of individuals.
25 Who Inspire | Justin Jones
Justin Jones is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
When Faith is Mistaken for Brand
When the adjective “Christian” is attached to a person, event or political movement, it is worth asking whether it reflects the inner substance of faith or merely its outer packaging.
25 Who Inspire | Flamy Grant
Flamy Grant is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
Breaking the Silence: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
We must teach and preach a vision of God that empowers rather than oppresses, and develops relationships rooted in mutuality and respect rather than domination.
Beyond Deconstruction
Progressive Christianity at its best embraces the facts of the universe while reaching toward deeper truths.
Held Together by Elmer’s Glue: A Minister Reflects on a Decade into His Call
I spend a fair amount of time thinking about the folks who ordained me, who verified the hope they saw in me. Arguably, there was nothing I could give them in return of equal value except my service driven by my love and appreciation for them.
25 Who Inspire | Ali Khan
Dr. Ali Khan is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
African Americans Don’t Hang Themselves From Trees
It’s 2025. Once considered a futuristic number, Earl Smith and Demartravion “Trey” Reed were found hanging from trees in New York and Mississippi. Evidence that America has not turned over a new leaf when it comes to “race relations,” its cities continue to bear this “strange fruit.”
Indigenous Peoples Day: Origin Lessons that Might Save Us
The world will never have peace unless we embrace the symbiotic nature of our existence, which will propel us towards lasting peace—a peace of the soul, mind, and body.
Israel and Palestine: An Old Story for a New Reality
Acknowledging what a blessing and relief this moment is doesn’t require naively turning a blind eye to all the other starfish washed up on the shore.
25 Who Inspire | Gaynor Yancey
Gaynor Yancey is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
‘It Can Only Good Happen’: The Prosperity Gospel Merges with Prosperity Politics
In this faith, doubt is treason and criticism is sin. The only difference is that it’s coming from the presidential podium.