Recent Articles
Joy That Doesn’t Ask for Anything
Real joy, it turns out, isn’t the thing that lights up the room. It’s what lets me stay steady inside it.
Blessed Are The Meme-Makers?
War is no longer only fought on the battlefield. It is narrated, filtered, and consumed.
The Chickens Still Come Home to Roost: The U.S. Remains Committed to Political Violence
I fear this noble experiment called the United States will fail if we continue to use hate and violence as political tools to get demagogues elected.
Resurrection Stories: Bodywork Therapy in Cuba
I think resurrection hope is this—the quiet return of hope when we think none is possible.
Faith and Pro-Democracy Leaders Decry Supreme Court Decision on Louisiana’s Congressional Map
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down a congressional map in Louisiana that sought to balance unequal racial representation in federal elections.
Good Faith Media Announces ‘Sunday School Rejects’ Podcast
A new podcast on “purity culture” releases May 6.
A Call to Compassion for Our Trans Neighbors
You don’t have to understand to be kind. But if you allow yourself to be kind, you just might begin to understand.
No Take-Backs: Speaking Out Against DHS’ Inhumane PARRIS Initiative
Every child knows injustice when she experiences it. You can’t make a move and then change it on a whim.
Lessons from Dolores Huerta: When Women Speak, the Church Heals
I keep one foot in the church and one with the many people who have been wounded by the church and are in exile.
Have the Quakers Completed Their Work?: Rethinking Religious Success
At its best, the church can be a vehicle for the Gospel. The church has been at its best far too rarely.
On Womanslaughter: They Are Their Brother’s Keeper—Not Ours
Discussions of femicide as criminal have not reached consensus for a reason.
‘Fair Game’ Offers New Insight into Conversation around Trans Athletes
Exclusion at the extracurricular level is not the story mainstream media is sharing when it comes to this conversation, which is a disservice to all of us.
John Fugelsang Tells Religious Freedom Summit Pope Leo XIV Is Making Trump Allies ‘Fight Jesus’
Being mad that a pope won’t endorse your war is like being mad that your doctor won’t endorse your cocaine habit.
Book Excerpt | ‘Every Somewhere Sacred’ by Ben Norquist and Brian Miller
We can pass through the thick and varied landscapes of God’s world without seeing or knowing them.
The Crumbling Wall of Church-State Separation: Why It Matters for the Future of Public Education
Let me be clear: I am not against private schools. Have as many as you want. What I oppose is private schools being funded by public dollars.
Witness in a Season of Borrowed Light
Silence leaves people unguided in moments that require moral clarity. Silence can make what is spiritually dangerous appear normal.
Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand Ezekiel or ‘Pulp Fiction’
Ezekiel wasn’t the only thing Pete Hegseth got wrong in his Pentagon worship service remarks.
Three Takeaways From Baylor’s Turning Point USA and ‘All Are Neighbors’ Events
Those holding Baylor back from being a more inclusive space for all people are not 90-year-old curmudgeonly donors on their deathbeds.
Rev. Susie Hayward Shares Minnesota’s Recipe for Resistance with Baylor Crowd
The forces of hate and violence are mighty, but they are not almighty.
The Sanctity of Sacred Spaces: Protecting Sanctuaries from Immigration Raids
ICE should not have the ability to enter religious spaces and houses of worship to detain people.
Book Excerpt: ‘American Dominion: The Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom’
John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election, not knowing that she was from a New Apostolic Reformation church.
An Update on ‘Kate’s America’
At GFM, we believe that storytelling is the most powerful tool we have to push back the darkness that seeks to exclude.
Psychedelic Conversion Therapy: How Christian Nationalism is Co-Opting a Movement Once Reserved for Hippies
Unfortunately, psychedelic conversion therapy is not a horrific mistake of the past.
Allegations of Fake News Are Usually, Well, Fake
If you see your grocery bill is rising and the price of gasoline is higher at the pump, it is because they are.
Still Choosing Church
Despite all the pain religious communities have caused the world, there is something in them we are drawn to.
The Strength of Softness
Chaplaincy and life have taught me that what makes or breaks a person is how they encounter and interact with suffering.
UCLA’s First Women’s Title Came Before the NCAA Counted It
A member of the first UCLA women’s basketball championship team reflects on the history of women’s sports and what she learned as a student-athlete.
United Nations General Assembly Captures the Performance of Narcissism on the Global Stage
Opponents of the resolution on chattel slavery take semantic issue with the superlative “gravest,” which is telling.
Young Men’s Religious Sentiment Surges, Overtaking Women in New Gallup Data
For only the second time this century, the rate of young men in the United States who say religion is very important to their lives is significantly higher than that of young women.
Why Still Believe After Decolonizing My Faith?: A Reflection on First Peter 1:3-9
As a person with Indigenous heritage, why do I still believe after everything I know?