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Fifth Sunday in Lent | The Church is in Our Hands
Psalm 126 (NIV) A song of ascents When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord...
Trump’s Economy: Good News for Oligarchs, Bad News for Everyone Else
When politicians and oligarchs tell you it will get worse before it gets better, remember who will bear the burden: the working poor. While they enjoy economic security, the rest are left to tread water in the deep waves of a financial collapse.
Dan Meyer’s “Kneeling” and the Beauty of the Muck
Dan Meyer recently released his first solo project, “Kneeling,” under the independent dark music record label The Flenser. This album has a massive sound, stripped-back songwriting, and complimentary lo-fi production that give it all kinds of rough edges and charms.
Chet Edwards, Jackie Baugh Moore Among Baylor Line Hall of Fame Honorees
The Baylor Line Foundation recently awarded its 2025 Hall of Fame honorees at a luncheon held at the Baylor Club in Waco, Texas. The event recognized the contributions of distinguished alumni, outstanding young alumni and retired faculty.
Lighting Candles While Signing the Checks and Bombs that Fall on Gaza
This Sunday, my candle will also be a confession: I have not done enough to resist this evil undergirding both sides of U.S. politics. My tax dollars and my false hope of “not as bad” have funded those deaths.
Global Departure from the Religion of One’s Youth, New Study Finds
A new Pew Research Center report finds that across numerous nations, one-fifth of adults surveyed have left the religion of their youth. Both Christianity and Buddhism shared the largest losses due to “religious switching.”
Donald Trump Is A Sodomite Presiding Over a Nation of Sodomites
Donald Trump is a sodomite. So are Elon Musk and Stephen Miller. Together, they engage in this abomination before the eyes of the Lord. Are you also guilty of the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? Are you sure?
High Percentage of U.S. Adults Closely Following Trump News
For those following the Trump administration closely, two-thirds (66%) say they are doing so because they are concerned about what the administration is doing. This is true for 88% of Democrats and 45% of Republicans.
Triple-A Church
Churches that once thought of themselves as major league need to see that the future of the church may be small, local, and fun.
‘Christian Nations’ Don’t Arrest Guests For Speaking Their Mind
These incidents and the Trump administration’s justification for them highlight at least two crucial questions, one legal and another political. For people who follow Jesus, those questions and their answers are merely incidental.
“The Real Conversation Jesus Wants Us to Have” : A Blueprint for Repairing Humanity
In a time when public discourse is increasingly divisive and personal growth often feels superficial, this book stands apart. It’s deeply personal, courageously vulnerable and refreshingly honest.
Good Faith Media Announces New Contributing Correspondents
We are thrilled to announce the addition of three new contributing correspondents to the Good Faith Media cadre of writers. These thought leaders bring new voices to the table and will invigorate our efforts to tell faith stories that amplify freedom, inclusivity and justice.
White Supremacists Are Working Over-Time and African Americans Are Resting
Without a meeting, the African American community woke up and collectively chose to go back to sleep. A switch flipped, a light switch. Choosing rest as resistance over flooding America’s streets in protest, African Americans have overwhelmingly decided after the November election results to drink our water and mind our business.
Faith, Justice, and Inclusion in Sports Ministry: Good Faith Media and Christian Athlete Circles Announce Partnership
Good Faith Media and Christian Athlete Circles are excited to announce a partnership to highlight and amplify the stories of athletes living out a faith that uplifts justice, mercy and inclusion.
Benevolent Theft: Aid as Empire
The logic of aid depends on the perpetuation of need. This is not a partnership; it is a supply chain of dependency. And the greatest sleight of hand is convincing the world that this cycle is moral.
Fourth Sunday of Lent | A Song of Glad Deliverance
Psalm 32 “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered…” We all live under the shadow of our culpability, masked by our denial of the true state of things. We live in an illusion about what we’ve done. Maturity is the process by which we shed...
Moving My Ass Horizontally Across The South: A Tribute to Civil Rights Activist Rev. Kenneth Dean
I’m sitting in my new house in the greater Nashville area, asking myself, “If a mentor is a ‘wise and trusted counselor,’ and you found Kenneth Dean to be your wise and trusted counselor, why haven’t you followed his advice? In fact, you just moved 1/120th of a degree...
Stopping the American Purge
Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk planned to meet friends at an Iftar dinner to break their Ramadan fast. Ozturk never made it. As she walked on the sidewalk in Somerville, Massachusetts, the Tufts University Ph.D. candidate was taken into custody by six masked plainclothes officers.
Film Reflection | ‘Black Bag’
The characters in “Black Bag” are as amoral as any you will find. These officers in the British Intelligence Agency lie, cheat and sleep around, all while attempting a façade of respectability.
Food Tells Our Stories and Gives Us Hope
It’s good for me to step away and detach when possible—hoping with every fiber of my being that something good is left in the world. I’m here to remind you to find and string those moments together. For me, this most often occurs around a lacquered bar top, a well-worn dining room table, or any place where good food and equally good conversation are served.
Support for TikTok Ban Declining as Latest Deadline Approaches
In March 2023, half (50%) of all those surveyed said they supported the removal of TikTok from devices operating in the country. In the most recent survey, taken between February 24 and March 2, 2025, support for the ban fell to 33%.
Belief Behind the Book | “Dismantled” by Lynn Horan
Belief Behind the Book gives readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the beliefs—or what I call “the WHY”—behind books written by progressive spiritual leaders.
New Attacks on SNAP Use the Same Old Playbook
The demonization of SNAP recipients is nothing new, and complaints about eligible benefit purchases are only one element of the generations-long strategy to weaken or eliminate the program. Also, the attacks have been bipartisan.
“Should We Ask Him?” : The Shared Language of Dumb Guy Action Films
One of my favorite elements of my language history is the vocabulary of movie quotes my dad and I share. Now that we live in different states, this is even more meaningful. It reminds me that we both value the time and space we have shared.
College Students Continue to Protest Despite Presidential Threats
Earlier this month, the U.S. president announced a ban on “illegal” protests on college and university campuses, threatening to cut funding to any university that allows them. Despite the threat, college students nationwide are engaging in protests.
Alabama Coalition Calls for Ending Statewide Grocery Tax
A coalition of faith-based, community, non-profit, and other civic organizations met at the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery last week to call for reducing the state tax on groceries. The Alabama Arise Action group is pushing for a sustainable plan to eliminate the grocery tax altogether.
From the Archives | Prathia Hall: A Barrier-Breaking Woman Preacher
As a young woman in the civil rights movement, she spoke, preached and prayed with such power that Martin Luther King Jr. once remarked, “Prathia Hall is one of the platform speakers I would prefer not to follow.”
Honoring Women’s History Month by Confronting Sexual Abuse in Faith Communities
Churches have long been places of guidance and hope. However, for many women, these same spaces have also been marked by silence, fear and violence due to sexual abuse and assault.
Segregation Is Back and America Is Back to Where It Started
The Trump administration is known for its bans on abortion, paper straws, gender-affirming care, words, and books. It’s all piling up, so it’s hard for many Americans to see their way clear. Some are asking, “How did we get here?”
‘Faithful Witness Wednesdays’ Highlight Executive Overreach and Implores Congress to Show Moral Courage
During March, Sojourners and the Washington Interfaith Staff Community have hosted “Faithful Witness Wednesdays” to speak against the Trump administration’s executive overreach and call on Congress to exercise moral courage.