by Kathy Manis Findley | Jul 28, 2021 | Opinion
History will tell stories about how this society, in this time, failed to treat every person as a person of worth. History might also tell of the ways people of faith failed to treat persons as persons of sacred worth. It’s a matter of respecting all persons, caring...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 6, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
A Mexican proverb states, “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” It reminded me of another that I learned from my mother. Speaking of an unsolved murder mystery, she told me, “The ground doesn’t talk.” But it does. Blood cries from the ground, from...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 4, 2016 | Opinion
We love a comeback story, but not as much as a resignation or firing in our quick-to-condemn society. The University of Missouri decided last week to fire assistant professor Melissa Click based on her actions during an on-campus protest in November 2015. The...
by Robert Parham | Jan 14, 2014 | Opinion
Two competing theological frameworks are at work in the American criminal justice system: retributive justice and restorative justice. Both are overviewed in “Through the Door,” our forthcoming documentary on prisons and faith. “Retributive justice...
by Robert Parham | Oct 11, 2013 | Opinion
What does the Bible say about prisons? First, the prison issue was at the top of Jesus’ moral agenda. He prioritized concern for the incarcerated at the beginning of his public ministry in his inaugural sermon in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-19). Toward the end of his...
