by Randall Balmer | Feb 21, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The email arrived on a Friday afternoon, a bolt out of the blue from Trinity International University. Any notice from a university president entitled “Reimagining the Future” can’t be good news. Sure enough, after the treacly God talk – “educating men and women to...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 15, 2022 | News
David Emmanuel Goatley will become the sixth president of Fuller Seminary in January 2023. The seminary announced the board of trustees’ decision in a Sept. 12 press release, noting that Goatley would be the first Black president of the California-based seminary...
by Ron Rolheiser | Sep 8, 2022 | Opinion
Denominational identity in me runs deep. Born, baptized and raised a Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism is my second nature, like a brand on my skin. I have no regrets about the congenital grip this has on me, even though now I think of it more as a foundation than as...
by Alyssa Aldape | Aug 26, 2022 | Opinion
I attended seminary in the hopes of reconnecting to a faith that began to crumble around me. My Christianity informed by a historically white church and denomination did not fit quite right anymore. The rigid teachings began to crack under the pressure of curiosity,...
by Ron Rolheiser | Jun 6, 2022 | Opinion
Where can all of us believers come together beyond the divisions created by history, dogma, denomination and religion? Where is there a place all people of sincere heart can find common ground and worship together? That place is found in the ecumenical and...
