by Starlette Thomas | Jun 5, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
When history starts to repeat itself, interrupt it. We’ve heard these stories of injustice before and unless this is a particular favorite of yours, we’ve got to stop police brutality. “I feared for my life, so I shot him. The end.” That is, of course, until it...
by Brett Harris | Jun 2, 2023 | Christian Nationalism, Feature, Opinion
It’s Will Campbell’s fault I am no longer a pastor. That’s not completely true. He left this earth five years before I was ordained, 10 years ago, tomorrow, in fact. So, unless he’s out there somewhere pulling strings from the other side, he played no direct role in...
by Jessica Banninga | Oct 11, 2022 | Opinion
Truth comes before reconciliation. These words have become ingrained in my mind after hosting and attending our Canadian Baptist families’ second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation online event. On Friday, Sept. 30, over 350 Baptists from the five time zones...
by Terrell Carter | Jan 14, 2022 | Opinion
The practical application of love for one’s enemies formed the basis for Martin Luther King Jr.’s successful philosophy of nonviolent protest. Multiple times throughout his public ministry, King acknowledged that his philosophy found its genesis in the words of Jesus...
by Wendell Griffen | Dec 30, 2021 | Opinion
Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed from life in God’s love among us to life in God’s love beyond us on Boxing Day 2021 in his beloved South Africa at the full age of 90. As befitting a Nobel laureate, Desmond Tutu is remembered throughout the world as a courageous,...
