Recent Articles
Criminalizing Poverty, Controlling Death: A Historical Theology of Black Funeral Homes
Black funeral homes remain critical beacons. They continue to stand as guardians of memory and compassion, offering dignity even when society rejects it.
Dinah, Tamar, and Epstein: The Consequences of Patriarchy
While the patriarchy still needs to face the consequences of its actions, I hope and dream for a day when love becomes the standard by which we measure ourselves as a society.
The Summer the Waco Damn Began to Break
A Waco summer saw Baylor reject an LGBTQ+ grant, Chip Gaines defend inclusion, and signs the dam of exclusion at Baylor may finally be breaking.
Annual Wild Goose Festival Fosters Transformational Community
From sermons to contra dance, Wild Goose Festival 2025 showcased a vibrant faith community embracing justice, creativity, and radical inclusion.
Approaching AI with Ethical Evolution and Holy Hesitation
Kerri Fisher urges us to approach AI with thoughtfulness, balancing courage and care.
The Season of Creation from September 1 through October 4 Offers a Kairos Moment for the Church
Grace Ji-Sun Kim writes about the new liturgical “Season of Creation,” offering a pivotal moment for the Church to remedy the climate crisis.
The Raceless Gospel Podcast Offers Listeners a Respite from White-Body Supremacy
The Raceless Gospel podcast offers listeners a respite. “Stay Woke?” is an inquiry for the sleepy- headed who are tired of the narrative of white-body supremacy and refuse to give it any more energy.
Time Traveling: Inheriting Southern Seminary’s Past
Author Justin Cox weaves tales of family, dissent, and Southern Seminary’s past, revealing the power of story to carry faith and legacy forward.
Harmful Ideologies Begin with Rhetoric and Messaging
Reflecting on a 2016 visit to the Holocaust Museum, Rebecca David Hensley warns how propaganda becomes ideology and calls Christians to defend truth today.
Reframing Rest
What would it mean to be well-rested? To push back against “grind culture” and the crushing productivity of capitalism? Often associated with a particular time of the day, a certain room in the house and a specific article of furniture, rest needs to be reframed.
Reason to Fear: Musk, Mamdani, and Me
Miguel A.De La Torre reflects on living in fear as deportations and denaturalization efforts intensify, exposing how Latine communities—even those with legal status—are being targeted in Trump’s America.
Constructing a Playlist for Our Times
Reflecting on Ecclesiastes and songs from the Byrds to Chicago, Paul Lewis explores faith, uncertainty, and the search for a playlist that holds both hope and doubt in tension.
Invasion: Setting the Stage for Martial Law
Trump expands National Guard powers, raising fears of authoritarian overreach, violent precedent, and echoes of history from Kent State to the Gestapo.
Hurricane Katrina Revealed America at Its Best and Worst
Hurricane Katrina’s devastation revealed the nation’s deepest compassion and its stark racial and economic divides, as churches, charities, and citizens mobilized to aid survivors amid failures of government response.
The United States: Not Great, Not Yet
America has had moments of greatness, but not today. Here’s how we can reclaim our highest ideals through justice, equality, and compassion.
Interview | Bishops Eaton and Curry Reflect the Distinctives and Future of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bishops Yehiel Curry and Elizabeth Eaton join Good Faith Media to reflect on faith, leadership, and the future of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Belief Behind the Book | Michelle Wahila’s “Ruffled by Grace”
Rev. Michelle Wahila’s Ruffled by Grace reimagines faith beyond church walls—blending love, liturgy, and rebellious blessings for a fierce spirituality.
I Spoke About LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Truett Seminary and Watched Bridges Being Built
Georgia McKee finds hope and unexpected grace while speaking on LGBTQ+ inclusion at the Global Congress on Christianity and Sport at Baylor’s Truett Seminary.
Grief as Spiritual Formation | Even Mended Hearts Have Scars
Peggy Haymes concludes her series on grief by reminding readers that loss transforms us.
God in Glitter and Bagpipes: A Message to Pride Parade Protesters
At Akron Pride, blessings in glitter, protestors with bullhorns, and bagpipes drowning out hate reveal a God of love louder than exclusion.
Technology and the Good Samaritan: Loving Our Online Neighbors
Members of the Compelling Preaching Initiative reflect on how churches engaging with technology can be a way of loving their neighbors.
By the Way | Blaine and Johnson Amendments: Reinforcing the Wall of Separation
Despite the questionable motives behind both the Blaine amendments and the Johnson Amendment, they helped to fortify the wall of separation between church and state.
I Dare You: Small Churches and the Fearless Wayne Shorter
What Wayne Shorter’s fearless jazz can teach the church about risk, imagination, and resisting the temptation of smallness.
Invested Faith Grants 16th Class of Fellows
Invested Faith is announcing its 16th class of fellows, bringing its total to 77 fellowships given to faith-rooted social entrepreneurs.
The Way to Ourselves
Sometimes, we get in our own way before we even know where we are going. Two left feet, we step on our toes. Defeated before we even meet our foes, we drag our feet instead of showing up fully in the world.
Pew Study Gauges U.S. Opinions on Journalists
A new Pew Research Center survey gauged U.S. views on what qualifies as journalism, and what people want in a journalist.
The Sacred Act of Remembering
By ignoring—or even trying to redeem—the darkest parts of our history, like slavery, plantation life, Jim Crow and lynching, and by downplaying their lasting impact today, these efforts create the false impression that equality has already been achieved and everyone begins on equal footing.
Judicial Decency Dies: Remembering The Honorable Frank Caprio
New England Judge Frank Caprio died this week. Mitch Randall reflects on what we can learn from Caprio’s judicial decency.
Beyond Grace and Faith: Trump’s Real Eternity Problem
Trump’s eternity problem has nothing to do with misunderstanding atonement.
Send In the Clowns: Using Farce to Confront Force
It is up to us who follow the ways of Jesus and the commands of Isaiah to unmask what this “clown” is doing.