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5 Things to Understand About Politics and USPS
With the pandemic making life dangerous in long lines at polling places, the USPS has become the center of a partisan spat. It’s enough to shock Mr. McFeely. Here are five things to keep in mind as the situation develops.
August 21, 2020
In today’s curated news and opinion headlines: Religions for Peace assisting with COVID-19 relief in many countries; 2,500 evangelicals sign a statement affirming science during the pandemic; new from Ireland, and more.
7 Truths Define My Progressive Faith – Part 1
I practice a progressive faith because I believe Jesus was progressive in every sense of the word. Seven truths helped define my progressive faith. Here’s three today to whet your appetite; the other four I’ll discuss tomorrow.
Aug. 25: Final Virtual Good Faith Forum on Public Ed
Good Faith Media will host its final public education forum on Aug. 25, focusing on public education funding and privatization efforts. The forum will be livestreamed to GFM’s Facebook page at 1 p.m. CDT / 2 p.m. EDT.
Baptists Must Reckon with Their Past
Baptists have long praised themselves for promoting religious liberty, but it’s a whitewashed history, ignoring the religiously based violence they committed against Blacks by supporting slavery. It’s time we own up to our past.
August 20, 2020
Today’s curated news and opinion headlines include: a Texas church long equipping internationals; religion and the presidential election; some evangelicals call for police and justice reform; the struggle between racial liberalism and racial conservatism; and more.
Can Left Be Right?
Statistics suggest about 10% of the population is left-handed, for no obvious reason. As we acknowledge the recently passed International Lefthanders’ Day, southpaws have played a couple of bit parts in the Bible. Read on.
Judaism Can Be Antidote to World’s Evils
Throughout the centuries, far too many acts of violence have been committed in the name of religion. The teaching of Judaism, when properly applied, would present a possible antidote to this evil. After all, we are all one!
How QAnon Has Hijacked Anti-Trafficking Movement
QAnon spreads misinformation and outright lies about what human trafficking looks like in the US. If people believe QAnon’s version of human trafficking, they won’t look for it where it actually is – in their own backyards.
August 19, 2020
Today’s curated news and opinion headlines include an alternative religion infiltrating churches; an evolving abortion fight landscape; Catholic divisions over politics; presidential candidate Joe Biden’s priority of reaching evangelicals; and more
But What About Abortion?
Abortion is rightly a complex, emotional and ethical issue worthy of thoughtful engagement and compassionate responses. Yet few are willing to engage it in such a way that might lead to the very goals they claim to seek.
Is Our Concern Over Religious Persecution Too Narrow?
Most Christian prayers voiced about global religious persecution focus on Christians. We must be better informed about persecution of all faiths to be able to pray for peace and protection for all, not just our Christian siblings.
Human Trafficking: Following Myths, Missing Reality
While human trafficking has received increased visibility in the media and on social media, one member of an anti-trafficking coalition says many of the reports shared are myths, which will regretfully hinder children being saved.
August 18, 2020
Today’s curated news and opinion headlines examine religion and the presidential election and a religion and schools controversy in Ireland.
Website Tells Stories of Lost Health Care Workers
A new website has put faces on those health care workers who have died from COVID-19. The pictures and brief profiles of each health care worker remind us they were someone’s parent, sibling, child or spouse.
When History Was Erased in a Black Cemetery
In Waco, Texas, a park was built over the bodies of dead Black Americans while markers were erected commemorating white soldiers who fought to preserve slavery. It’s another decision showing how we’re complicit in racism.
Some Clergy Unequipped to Minister to Abused
While nearly three-fourths of Protestant ministers feel they are ‘somewhat equipped’ for trauma care ministry, they feel less able to effectively minister to those who have experienced forms of abuse, a Barna report said.
August 17, 2020
Today’s curated news and opinion headlines include: Christian colleges ask if God wants them to reopen; Joe Biden reaches out to evangelicals; a scientific study of an interfaith soccer team; and more
People of Good Faith: Autumn Lockett
Autumn Lockett is the executive director of development and marketing at Good Faith Media.
How to Get Conservatives to Wear Masks
With children returning to school, the risk heightens they’ll likely be infected with the COVID-19 virus and transmit it to someone they love. We are all in this thing together. Wearing a mask is the least we can do.
Morality Without God? World Has Mixed Response
Is it necessary to believe in a higher power in order to be a moral person and have good values? Wide-ranging responses to this question are visible between, and even within, nations, a recent Pew Report found.
August 14, 2020
Today’s curated news and opinion headlines include: Democrats plan an interfaith service to kick off convention; a former slave market to be removed from a Georgia town; some evangelical colleges are addressing racial justice; and more.
8 Lessons Learned on My 50th Birthday
Turning 50 is supposed to be a milestone. I’ve learned a few lessons over the last 50 years. Here are eight of them I want to share with you. As 50 comes and goes, I welcome the future with enthusiasm, excitement and joy.
Good Faith Forum on Public Education on Aug. 18
The first of three Good Faith Forums on public education was held Aug. 11, and the next is scheduled for Aug. 18. This second forum will focus on public education as a cornerstone for democracy. Here’s how you can join in.
White Support for Black Causes Doesn’t Last
The overwhelming support from white people after George Floyd’s death has been more the exception than the rule. Often, white support lasts until the next event vies for their collective attention. Their support doesn’t last.
August 13, 2020
In today’s curated news and opinion headlines: Russian propaganda and Bible-burning; white supremacism still present in Charlottesville; Kamala Harris, Baptist; Serena Williams’ racial justice Bible study; and more
GFM launches Ernest C. Hynds Jr. Internships
A gift by the foundation of First Baptist Church of Athens, Georgia, will honor a church leader and professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Georgia, and support an internship program for Good Faith Media.
What’s Up – or Down – with Giving?
Not all churches are running financial shortfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are doing quite well. Maybe churches who are doing well with their finances can reach out and support those are struggling financially.
Pray for Our Kids, Those Putting Them in Danger
We should pray for God’s children who are being sent into the teeth of a lethal virus when they return to school. Then we must defy the orders of politicians whose disregard for science and whose lust and greed threatens us all.
August 12, 2020
In today’s curated news and opinion headlines: prevented from holding a political rally in a church Trump evangelicals meet in a casino instead; racial attitudes and churches; a church posts bible-themed signs to enforce social-distancing; and more.