by Mitch Randall | Sep 21, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
I recently attended the 2023 Nevertheless She Preached (NSP) conference in Austin, Texas, sponsored in part by Good Faith Media. Revs. Kyndall Rothaus and Natalie Webb are its founders. NSP’s mission “is a collective of innovators who curate an annual conference that...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 14, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Over the last week, my understanding of ekklēsia (church) has expanded. In four instances, I discovered the concept of ekklēsia in traditional and nontraditional settings: (1) a traditional church, (2) a lecture with a bunch of Baptists about LGBTQ+ inclusion and...
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 Mitch Randall | Sep 7, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
I had, for too many days, taken up residence in a land of despair. It might be the consecutive days of over 100 degrees at the end of summer. It might be the result of those extreme temperatures as another reminder we’ve run out of time to do anything substantial to...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 31, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
In 1873, German philologist Lorenz Diefenbach published a novel, “Arbeit Macht Frei.” The phrase translates to “Work Will Set You Free.” While the 19th-century novel tells the story of gamblers and fraudsters finding virtue through labor, the phrase was adapted by the...
