by Brit Blalock | Sep 23, 2022 | Opinion
Fifteen years ago, I sat in my dorm room on Samford University’s campus and considered killing myself. I’d recently come to terms with the fact that I was in love with a woman, but because I felt I had no one I could safely turn to, I began drowning in a deep and...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 22, 2022 | Opinion
I was honored to hear Lenore Three Stars, Oglala Lakota leader and advocate for Indigenous causes. She was one of the featured speakers at the 2022 Nevertheless She Preached conference in Austin, Texas, this week. Three Stars was born on Pine Ridge Reservation in...
by Kristina Collins | Jul 7, 2022 | Opinion
My church home undertook a nearly two-year process that included Bible studies and church-wide conversations about human sexuality and gender identities. When this process concluded in 2020, we came to a consensus that our church would embrace individuals who are...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 6, 2022 | News
Nearly one in five adults in both the United States and Canada say that a lack of diversity, equity and inclusion is a “common problem” in houses of faith, according to a report published by the Better Business Bureau’s Give.org on June 6. Among U.S. adults, 18% said...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 5, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Growing up in the tightknit Boynton community near the Georgia-Tennessee border, it seemed that everyone gathered at the local baseball field on the Fourth of July. All day, there was one baseball or softball game after another. Some were serious competitions — at...
