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Outgrowing Your Flower Pot
When I arrived at college, it only took me a few weeks to learn more about myself than I ever did in my hometown. But it took me months to understand the person I was growing into.
Political Violence Is an American Tradition– But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Because the ruling class has turned minoritized identities into political identities, all violence against us is political violence. Given that history, America has been a politically violent nation from its inception.
Women Ministers and Leaders in the Church Need to be Celebrated
This June, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) faced a pivotal moment, declining to accept a proposed amendment that would have severed ties with any church led by a woman pastor. While this decision might seem like a step forward for women’s ordination, it simply...
What JD Vance As Trump’s VP Means
The MAGA movement has its successor.
Pushing Limits and Finding Community at Any Age: A Conversation with Gwendolyn Bounds, Author of “Not Too Late”
A revelation sent Gwendolyn Bounds down a rabbit hole of midlife-crisis-related questions…One of the answers led her on a journey into the world of competitive obstacle course racing (OCR). She chronicles this journey in her latest book, “Not Too Late: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age.”
By the Way | Southern Baptist Follies
In my Religion in North America class, I often refer to the Southern Baptist Convention as one of only two major examples of religious groups in American history that elected to diminish their numbers in fidelity to doctrinal purity.
We Can’t Let Political Violence Be Used to Silence Concerns about Rising Political Violence
Calling out threats to democracy is not inciting violence; it’s an act of patriotism that invites our fellow citizens to protect a society that ensures pluralism, equality and security for all.
Losing Jesus’ Religion
Many North American Christians have missed the point of Jesus’ teachings and lost the plot of his resurrection. He’s not coming back for a church in three locations that is just a short walk to amenities and adjacent to the North American empire for easy accessibility. Capitalism, neocolonialism, and the hyper-politicization of community have co-opted Jesus’ gospel.
Louisiana’s Ten Commandment Truthiness
HB71 continues Christian nationalists’ terraforming of the United States, conflating “American” with “Christian” to refashion the country in their image. To make this equivocation successful, they must profess fealty to their trinity of sacred texts: the Bible, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
What Christians Get Wrong About Deconstruction & the Rest of Us: A Response to Lecrae’s Recent Podcast Interview
Recently, Christian Rap artist Lecrae shared an interview link on Threads featuring a self-identified gay Christian, sparking intense discussion in the comments…[His] recent post addressing queerness has troubled many Black queer Christians who previously supported him during attacks from white evangelicals.
Letter from the Editor: This Moment in the American Story
This moment in the American story feels like that time in class when the teacher told everyone to be quiet and listen. You remember. You were there. There was a student, or maybe two or ten, who wouldn’t stop talking. They were in a conversation or laughing about...
Can We Close Pandora’s Box of Disrespect?
Who will be our modern-day leader of peace? What will it take for that kind of display to go viral and change societal norms?
GFM Statement on Incident at Trump Rally
The team at Good Faith Media, without equivocation, is praying for former President Trump’s health and safety. We also pray for his family, the attendees at the rally, and our country.
Riding On Sundown Drive
Those who have listened to the Good Faith Weekly podcast over the last few months will recall that Missy and I decided to sell our house and downsize to a hundred-year-old home near downtown Norman, Oklahoma. It was an excellent decision until the “hundred-year” part...
Movie Review| We Still Need to Talk About Possum Trot
The large number of children still in need of adoption today makes the conversation about what happened at Possum Trot, Texas, just as important as when it first occurred.
Project 2025 Spins the Greatest Hits: “They’re Coming For Your Children!”
For those of us who spent seasons of our lives being discipled by a mix of Focus on the Family, Rush Limbaugh and pastors who preached behind plexiglass pulpits, nothing in Project 2025 is a surprise. Most of its content is simply the “greatest hits” of those who sense their historic positions of power and control slipping from underneath their feet.
Buen Camino: On the Journey with Miguel A De La Torre
Since June 24th, I have been walking el camino France, a 791-kilometer trek (a little under 500 miles) that starts at St. Jean Pied de Port in France and ends at Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Legend has it that the body of Santiago the apostle— beheaded by Herod— is housed there.
On the Road to Samaria
As a nation, we have handed over the task of dying to professionals. We don’t plan and execute our own memorial or funeral services or prepare bodies for burial. We hand on all this to total strangers as we sit back silently and passively.
Project 2025 Takes Aim at a Favorite Conservative Punching Bag: School Meals
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s agenda for the first few months of a potential second Trump Presidency, calls for the complete elimination of the Community Eligibility Provision. In addition, it calls for an end to the Summer Food Service Program for students not enrolled in summer school.
A Come-to-Jesus Meeting: The Raceless Gospel for Children
Race justifies a color-coded hierarchy, a kind of social ranking, that supports “relationships of ruling.” It is the “epidermalization of inferiority,” meaning we tuck interpretations like “less than” under some people’s skin–skin that is 0.2 inches thick, proving how we lose our sense of human being and belonging by the thinnest of margins.
College Persistence and Retention Rates See Slight Uptick
A new report reveals a slight rise in the rates of students who continue to pursue degrees after their first year of college.
Project 2025’s Danger Lies More in its Assumptions than its Proposals
Hidden in an obscure corner of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 900-page agenda for a potential second Trump administration is a concerning proposal for the Department of Labor.
Five Years Later: Remembering the Mississippi Workplace Raids
On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, over the course of just a few hours, approximately 600 federal agents detained 680 people working in food processing plants in the small Mississippi towns of Canton, Carthage, Forest, Morton, Sebastopol, Bay Springs and Pelahatchie.
You are not Broken: The Value of Failure
Perfection is a myth from fairytales. Real life is complex, challenging and bound for failure.
The Way of Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman is in Texas. Since 2020, she’s been traveling and spreading her message of bodily autonomy, innate freedom and self- emancipation through Wesley Wofford’s “Journey to Freedom” sculpture. That people still gather around her is the sweetest repetition of history.
Wisdom Wherever You Find It | How Will I Be Remembered?
ames Manson “Manse” Patton, who was from the neighboring town of Paint Rock, ran a bank on the principle that “A man’s character is his best collateral.”
Why is ‘Re-tire-ment’ Such a Difficult Decision?
Since the recent presidential debate, I have wondered, “Why is the decision to retire so difficult for men and women over 70?”
Hurricane Warnings: From SCOTUS to the Bible
As storms intensify and become more destructive, the truth remains that the poor and marginalized will be affected the most.
Florida Church Brings Unique Approach to Vacation Bible School
The new format for First Baptist Church of Vero Beach’s VBS is inspired by its mission statement, which includes sharing the good news and making it applicable and understandable to all ages.
Biden’s Team Attempts Their Version of ‘The Apprentice.’ Will It Work?
Since last week’s debate between President Joe Biden and former President Trump, it has felt like some Biden supporters have tried to engage in “Apprentice” level framing and deception, challenging our maps of reality.