Are S-Word, F-Word Proper This Election?

Are S-Word, F-Word Proper This Election?

Perhaps the title of my opinion piece caught your attention, as intriguing titles should do. This is a surprising question for a Baptist minister to pose. The fact I am speaking of the terms “socialist” and “fascist” may not make my query any less questionable for...

Socialism? No, It’s Being Good Neighbors

In the closing chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus offers a parable describing the criteria by which the human community will be evaluated on Judgment Day. I remember my surprise years ago when I read these words for the first time. After hearing that we would...

We Lost the Ideal of Collective Responsibility

It never fails. Just about every time I write about the responsibility we have not only as Christians but also as citizens to provide a viable social safety net for the poor in our midst, someone will fire back to let me know that it is not the job of government to...