by Mitch Randall | Sep 8, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
As part of Pastors for Oklahoma Kids, an urgent message arrived in my email this week: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters established a new “partnership” with PragerU, a radically conservative media company attempting to provide school resources nationwide....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 6, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
A few days among the Amish can bring helpful perspective to those of us who happily turn darkness to light with the flip of a switch, hop into the car for a quick run to the grocery store, or pay the bills with a few taps on our smartphones. In an Amish home, a 2:00...
by Joshua Houston | Sep 1, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
What is a public school chaplain? Texas school children may soon find out. In 2023, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 763, which gives public school districts the option to hire religiously affiliated chaplains. However, the bill provides no definition, job...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 24, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where I received my Doctor of Ministry degree in 2009, received an exemption last week from the U.S. Department of Education concerning protective measures related to Title IX. According to The Washington Post, school officials asked...
by Colin Harris | Aug 24, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
“Betraying the public trust” is a phrase long used to describe persons who have acted contrary to the confidence and intentions of those who put them in a place to do so. It can happen in large “publics” like national life, and in small ones, like a church, club, or...
