by Jon Singletary | Dec 21, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
“In His name, all oppression shall cease.” “O Holy Night” is one of my favorite advent hymns. This year, the line calling us to recognize that in Jesus’ name, all oppression shall cease resonated most deeply. I spend much of my time wrestling with the concepts of...
by Erin Albin Hill | Dec 11, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I am currently teaching an elective course titled “Foundations of Social Justice” at Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work. The class is held for three hours each Friday. During our time together, we view social justice through the lens of faith,...
by Chuck Poole | Dec 5, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
On a hot summer Sunday in August of 2023, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost in the sacred season known as Ordinary Time, I was blessed to visit both Rosa Parks’ Montgomery church, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Montgomery...
by Chuck Poole | Aug 4, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
“There is no such thing as non-political Christianity.” The first time I stumbled across those words from Richard Rohr, they landed on my ears at an odd and awkward angle. Having spent a 45-year pastoral career trying to “keep politics out of the church,” I did not...
by Aaron Weaver | Jul 21, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
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