Opinion
‘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.
25 Who Inspire | Sara Cunningham
Sara Cunningham is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
Charlie Kirk, Empathy, and the Value of Higher Education
Charlie Kirk’s rejection of empathy highlights a deeper moral crisis in modern conservatism and the Christian call to compassion.
25 Who Inspire | Lucy Huh
Lucy Huh is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
The Coming AI Havoc
What happens when those accustomed to the privilege of employment start being laid off?
Abandoning Tired Tropes and Seeing With New Eyes
Tropes in film often prevent audiences from seeing humans as we really are—people made in the moral and rational image of God.
25 Who Inspire | James Talarico
James Talarico is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
Is There a Genocide Against Christians in Nigeria?
It’s hard to ignore the suspicion that the social media activity over religious-based violence in Nigeria is connected to the conflict in another region defined by colonial aggression—Gaza.
After the Revolution: What Comes Next?
Progressive Christianity doesn’t show up to hand out a checklist of beliefs or shame people for having questions. That’s not how Jesus taught, and it’s not how we live.
The Violence of Right-Wing ‘Revival’
When you define violence only as physical harm, you can preach death from the pulpit and claim innocence because you didn’t hit anyone.
25 Who Inspire | Christopher Mack
Christopher Mack is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
Keep on Dreaming: A Remedy for ‘Black Fatigue’
More than halfway through the first year of Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States and I am wishing African Americans the sweetest of dreams. In fact, I hope they fluff their pillow, turn over and keep on dreaming. Because white-body supremacy is exhausting.
Where Do We Place Our Pain?
The great question of pain is where we place it. Do we process, express and honor it, transforming it into clean pain? Or do we force it into the people we perceive as less than human—immigrant, migrant, anyone who isn’t white or male—turning it into a weaponized dirty pain?
25 Who Inspire | Brad Onishi
Brad Onishi is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
October Baseball: Exactly What I Need Right Now
Baseball transcends all the world has to offer, helping me overcome a bad day or encouraging me with the successes of life.
The Bill of Rights Does Not Contain Suggestions
Michael Chancellor reflects on threats to free speech, due process, and academic freedom in the U.S., urging action to defend constitutional rights.
25 Who Inspire | Kelsey Davis
Kelsey Davis, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Christian Athlete Circles, is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
Planting Seeds or Nailing Down Stakes: What Happened to the Missional Church?
The early church grew not from the seats of power but from the margins, not through political control but through the strange magnetism of sacrificial love.
Why We Need a Feast of Creation Now More Than Ever
Our liturgies matter. They shape what we believe and how we live out God’s word. If we want the ecumenical church to take climate justice seriously, then we must pray it, preach it, sing it and celebrate it.
Why I Still Believe People Can Change
On an ordinary church night filled with idle banter, I witnessed the extraordinary: change.
Belief Behind the Book | Paige Rawson’s The Self-Compassion Companion
My core teaching is the takeaway: when you encounter the critical, self-doubting voice, meet it with kindness, not cruelty.
Charlie Kirk and Me
Kirk’s Turning Point USA (TPUSA) organization—a nonprofit that fueled his $12 million net worth—has employed institutionalized violence to silence me and other progressive professors.
25 Who Inspire | Mariah Sinclair Humphries
Mariah Sinclair Humphries is one of Good Faith Magazine’s “25 Who Inspire.”
Remembering What We Are Fighting For
If we’re fighting only for the sake of fighting, we’ll lose. If we remember we’re fighting to preserve joy, perhaps we’ll make it through.
The Gift of Green Grass Moments
When I speak of faith, I tell the story of the God who embraces us in every moment amidst the mess.
Never Out of Place: Grace, Grit, and the God Who Kept Calling
I, who once feared being found out, was now being called forward. Not in spite of my journey, but because of it.
25 Who Inspire | Wanda Kidd
Wanda Kidd is one of Good Faith Magazine’s 25 Who Inspire.
Freeing Speech: Why Who Can Speak and Who Cannot Matters
“It’s a free country.” That’s what we said on the playground as children, usually in defense of our right to say what we want. But America has never been a free country—at least not for everyone.
Resisting Historical Amnesia to Build the Kin-dom of God
The gospel calls us to build not an empire but the kin-dom of God—a community of justice, love and peace.
25 Who Inspire | Bethany Rivera Molinar
Bethany Rivera Molinar, Executive Director of Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach in El Paso, Texas, is one of GFM’s 25 Who Inspire.