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 Mitch Randall | Aug 17, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The Parliament of the World’s Religions convened over 7,000 individuals from multiple faiths this week in Chicago. This year’s theme was “Defending Freedom and Human Rights.” As multiple cultures entered the assembly hall at the opening ceremony, filling the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jul 26, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
“Freee-domm!!!” At the top of his lungs, the so-called “QAnon Shaman” – also known as Jacob Chansley – walked the hall of Congress and breached the Senate chamber with his fellow “patriots” during the January 6 insurrection crying for freedom. In the name of this...
by Jack Moline | Jul 20, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Something we hear a lot of today is the challenge to be on the right side of history. Depending on what you expect that side to be, you are either encouraged or horrified to consider what that challenge means. For me, the most powerful moment in Kander and Ebb’s...
