by Lamar Wadsworth | Aug 27, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Because of our conversation in Bible study this morning, the old gray-haired Baptist-Appalachian-American preacher is thinking about Brother Paul’s word in I Timothy 3:6. He writes that a church leader should not be a new convert, lest he develop a ...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
My wife and I seriously considered skipping the Wild Goose Festival this year. We are in the middle of packing for an out-of-state move later this month. Our apartment is a wreck. Every room has stacks of boxes in the corners. The cats are confused. Oh, and our...
by Ron Rolheiser | May 16, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
We are all priests from our baptism, and with that comes an invitation, namely, to pray for the world as a priest through the prayer of Christ and the church. What does that mean exactly? Everyone who is baptized as a Christian is baptized into the priesthood of Jesus...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 8, 2024 | Feature, Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The raceless gospel delivered me from white supremacy. Before receiving this message, I questioned my relationship with Jesus, given the history of Christianity in North America. Namely, American slavery and the belief that people racialized as white have supreme...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 5, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
What has the North American church gotten itself into? Known more for infighting, schisms and splits, the focus has largely been on doctrinal beliefs and buildings. But what about the church as the very real body of Christ, as baptized believers? There are 215...
